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 ...

WEST UNION, Iowa — There were 40 head of Brown Swiss sold at the March 14 Iowa Protein Showcase Sale at the Fayette County Fairgrounds in West Union. The sale average was $2,066. Gabe Hanson, of La ...

At least according to her sisters, Cindy Long Warner’s name is synonymous with Brown Swiss cattle and the dairy industry. She grew up on a farm near Thurmont, where she started showing Brown Swiss — ...

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 ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Dairy historians document the Brown Swiss as the oldest of all the dairy breeds. [Courtesy ...

Switzerland raises about 1.5 million cattle in a country where only about one-third of the land is used for crop farming. That reality shaped how towns grew, how food moved, and how farmers earned ...

Dear Dr Othieno, Many thanks for your very informative articles. I am not only a dairy farmer but also a lover of livestock breeds. For a long time, I have been keeping Friesian crosses. Recently, on ...