Performance Awards

Performance awards honor cows and herds that have surpassed breed production standards. Annual awards are presented at the National Convention Annual Meeting Banquet and published in the Brown Swiss Bulletin. These production awards credit breeders who strive for improvement and set high goals for the breed.

2012 Convention Award Winners *	* for 2011
Herd Awards Ira Inman PTPR Trophies Group I (10-29 Cows) Lost Elm Farm, Berlin, Wisconsin Group II (30-49 Cows) Twinkle-Hill Farm, Watertown, Wisconsin Group III (50-99 Cows) Cozy Nook Farm, Waukesha, Wisconsin Group IV (100 + Cows) Port-Haven Dairy, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota Protein Genetic Herd Awards Group I (10-29 Cows) Jo-Lane Dairy, Monona, Iowa Group II (30-49 Cows) Todd Keune, Wykoff, Minnesota Group III (50-99 Cows) Olson Dairy, Spring Valley, Minnesota Group IV (100 + Cows) Port-Haven Dairy, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota Progressive Genetic Herd Awards Group I (10-29 Cows) Scott Wedemeier, Maynard, Iowa Group II (30-49 Cows) Clint & Carlton D. Miller, Spartansburg, Pennsylvania Group III (50-99 Cows) Frank & Brian Kimm, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota Group IV (100 + Cows) Linden Hill Farms, Peoria, Illinois Overstreet Dairy, Chillicothe, Texas
Individual Cow Production Awards J. P. Eves Trophy (305d Actual Milk) Twinkle-Hill Dyn America ET 931713 305d Actual: 36,720m 5/11 305d 2x 36,720m 3.8% 1383f 3.1% 1,135p Owned by: Jeannie Winkelman, Watertown, Wisconsin H. R. Searles Trophy (305d Actual Fat) Sunburst Perfecta Storm 949251 305d Actual: 2,127f 3/08 305d 2x 36,370m 5.8% 2,127f 3.2% 1,173p Owned by: Sunburst Swiss, DeForest, Wisconsin Protein Award (305d Actual Protein) Hilltop Acres Dty Jazzy ET 934929 305d Actual: 1,356p 6/02 305d 3x 36,490m 4.9% 1,794f 3.7% 1,356p Owned by: Dennis Mashek, Calmar, Iowa Living Lifetime Cow Award (Actual Milk, Fat, & Protein) Glad Ray EJ Paris 872325 Lifetime: 3769d 370012m 15768f 12186p Owned by: Henry Farms, West Liberty, Ohio Top ECM Cow Award (305d ECM) Sunburst Perfecta Storm 949251 ECM: 47,883 3/08 305d 2x 36,370m 5.8% 2,127f 3.2% 1,173p Owned by: Sunburst Swiss, DeForest, Wisconsin Vernon C. Hull Total Performance Trophy Lost Elm Pixie 929336 252.8 Points Owned by: Bradner Farms Abbotsford, British Colombia Cow For All Seasons HF Pronto Katriel 927713 305d 2x ECM: 38,836 5-07 305d 2x 32,800m 4.8% 1,578f 3.3% 1,066p Owned by: Jeremy McDonald, Middletown, Virginia
Continuous Test Awards 30-Year Bar Yawnoc Farm, Raymond & Carolyn Conway, Jefferson, NH Hill-N-Dale Farm, James E. Cunningham & Family, Warsaw, OH Marshy Meadow Farm, David A. Heine, Corry, PA Sunburst Swiss, Barb & Amanda Lee, DeForest, WI 40-Year Bar Galen Fick, Boyden, IA Medlang Swiss, Charles Medlang, Kensett, IA 55-Year Bar Port Haven Dairy, Tom, Mary, & Mark Portner, Sleepy Eye, MN 70-Year Bar Fox Trail Farm, William K. Watkins, Jr., Belmont, OH