CALMAR, Iowa — Tanner Mashek loves to show his Brown Swiss. He brought five heifers and three cows to show at the Iowa State Fair. In the Brown Swiss Youth Show, the six animals he showed placed first ...

Susan Spadaro wasn’t expecting to get emotional about auctioning off 100 of her family’s Brown Swiss and 25 Ayrshire cows on Thursday. “We’ve just always had a passion and love for these animals and ...

CHESHIRE — Describing Tommy, the ox that lives at Winterpast Farm in Cheshire, is a task of mythic proportions. He looms over those who arrive at the farm, 1322 Windsor Road, for an audience with him; ...

MANITOWOC - The National Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Association recently announced that Mitch Kappelman, of Manitowoc, was named the 2020 Young Breeder Award winner. A news release from the ...

Biggenden dairy farmer Robbie Radel said the premier breeder ribbon was awarded to the team who had gained the most points with the animals they bred themselves. "It's very satisfying to breed and ...

The Medlang family has been in the purebred Brown Swiss heifer business for nearly three quarters of a century. That whole thing started when Charles Medlang's father, uncle and grandparents bought ...