Brown Swiss Association

2011 CALENDAR of EVENTS

Shows
January 17 - Southwest Expo & Livestock Show, Fort Worth, TX
February 11 - Florida State Fair, Tampa, FL
April 1 - Ohio Spring Show, Columbus, OH
April 8 - Kentucky National Show, Louisville, KY
April 10 - NY Spring Carousel Brown Swiss Show, Syracuse, NY
May 6 - Georgia State Fair, Macon, GA
June 11 - Kentucky State Show, Frankfort, KY
June 15 - Rocky Mountain State Show, Brush, CO
June 25 - Wisconsin State Show, Weyauwega, WI
July 5 - Maine State Fair, Bangor, ME
July 22 - West Virginia State Fair, Lewisburg, WV
July 26 - Delaware State Fair, Harrington, DE
July 26 - Western National Show, Sacramento, CA   Judge: Eric Topp
July 30 - Maryland State Show Invitational, Frederick, MD
August 6 - Ohio State Fair, Columbus, OH
August 11 - New Jersey State Fair, Augusta, NJ
August 13 - Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, IA
August 14 - Wisconsin State Fair, West Allis, WI
August 17 - Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO
August 18 - Illinois State Fair, Springfield, IL
August 19 - Michigan State Fair, Escanaba, MI
August 21 - Kentucky State Fair, Louisville, KY
August 26 - Nevada State Fair, Reno, NV
August 27 - Western Idaho State Fair, Boise, ID
August 29 - Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR
August 31 - Minnesota State Show & Fair, St. Paul, MN
September 2 - Maryland State Fair, Timonium, MD
September 2 - Colorado State Fair, Pueblo, CO
September 2 - New Hampshire State Fair, Contoocook, NH
September 2 - Eastern Idaho State Fair, Blackfoot, ID
September 5 - New York State Fair, Syracuse, NY
September 7 - Northwestern National Show, Puyallup, WA   Judge: Richard Hill
September 11 - Vermont State Fair, Rutland, VT
September 17 - Kansas State Fair, Hutchinson, KS
September 17 - Minnesota State Junior Show- am, St. Charles, MN
September 19 - Premier National Jr. Show, Harrisburg, PA
September 20-21 - Eastern National Show, Harrisburg, PA   Judge: Lee Barber, Assoc. Judge: Allyn Paulson
September 22 - New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque, NM
September 27 - Northeast Brown Swiss Show,(MA State Fair) The Big E, Springfield, MA
October 5-6 - International Show, WDE, Madison, WI   Judge: Chris Lahmers, Assoc. Judge:
October 8 - Texas State Fair, Dallas, TX
October 14 - South Carolina State Fair, Columbia, SC
October 15 - Southern National Show, Perry, GA   Judge: Charlie Voelker
October 15 - Southwestern National Show, Stillwater, OK   Judge: Dan Baginski
October 21 - North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh, NC
November 5 - Southeast National Jr. Show, Louisville, KY
November 8 - Southeastern National Show, NAILE, Louisville, KY   Judge: Jeremy McDonald
November 11 - Royal Winter Agricultural Fair Brown Swiss Show, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sales
March 12 - Iowa State Sale, West Union, IA
March 31 – Midwest Revue Celebration Sale, Columbus, OH
March 26 – Massachusetts 4-H Blue Ribbon Calf Sale, The Big E, Springfield, MA
April 2 – Springtime Show Window Sale, Elkhorn, WI
April 8 – Kentucky National Sale, Louisville, KY
April 8 – NY Spring Carousel Calf Sale, Syracuse, NY
April 16 – Mid-Atlantic Calf Sale, Frederick, MD
June 9 @ 6PM - Protein Plus Sale, Grant County Fairgrounds, Lancaster, WI 53813
July 9 - National Convention Sale, Frederick, MD
July 18 - Brierwood & Telleen Swiss Combined Dispersals Sale, West Union, IA
September 17 - Minnesota State Sale, Winona Co. Fairgrounds, St. Charles, MN
October 6 – World Premier Sale, WDE, Madison, WI
October 14 – Heart of America Sale, Stillwater, OK
October 15 - 75th Anniversary Eastern Breeder's Sale, Cobleskill, NY
October 29 - Long Acres Sale, West Union, IA
December 3 – Harvest Royal Sale, Elkhorn, WI
December 29 – Cliff-Brook Farm Complete Dispersal, Monroe, WI

Meetings
January 15 – New York State Meeting, Utica, NY
January 15 – Texas State Meeting, Fort Worth, TX
January 22 - Rocky Mountain Meeting, Fort Morgan, CO
January 22 - Iowa State Meeting, Manchester, IA
February 5 - California State Meeting, Modesto, CA
February 19 – Ohio State Meeting, Plain City, OH
March 5 - Wisconsin State Meeting, Fond du Lac, WI
March 5 – Maryland State Meeting, Frederick, MD
March 11 – Minnesota State Meeting, Mankato, MN
June 11th @ 11 AM – Missouri State Picnic, Fulp/Grimm Dairy, Aurora, MO
July 5-6 - BSCBA Board Meeting, Frederick, MD
July 6-9 – National Brown Swiss Convention, Frederick, MD
September 8 - Washington State Meeting, Puyallup, WA
November 19 – Kentucky State Meeting, Elizabethtown, KY
November 19 - New England Meeting, Shelburne Farms, Shelburne, VT

Deadlines
January 7 – February Brown Swiss Bulletin Ad Deadline
January 31 – BSA/PTPR Applications Due
February 11 – March Brown Swiss Bulletin Ad Deadline
March 11 – April Brown Swiss Bulletin Ad Deadline
March 15 – Scholarship, Youth Achievement, Production & Cheese Yield Applications Due
March 31 – Young Breeder Award Applications Due
April 8 – May Brown Swiss Bulletin Ad Deadline
April 15 – National Youth Ambassador Applications Due
April 29 – Active Membership Deadline
May 13 – June Brown Swiss Bulletin Ad Deadline
June 10 – July Brown Swiss Bulletin Ad Deadline
July 11 – August Brown Swiss Bulletin Ad Deadline
August 12 – September Brown Swiss Bulletin Ad Deadline
September 9 – October Brown Swiss Bulletin Ad Deadline
October 7 – November Brown Swiss Bulletin Ad Deadline
November 11 – December Brown Swiss Bulletin Ad Deadline
December 1 – All-American & Bell Ringer Entries Due
December 9 – January Brown Swiss Bulletin Ad Deadline

Classification
*January: KY, TN, IN & IL, AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, & SC - App. Due November 15
*February: OH, MI, AZ & NM - App. Due December 15
March: WI - App. Due January 15
April: AR, KS, MO, & NE - App. Due February 15
May: IA, MN, ND, SD, - App. Due March 15
June: CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT & NY - App. Due April 15
July: PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, & WV - App. Due May 15
August: OR, WA, ID, & UT, CO, MT, & WY - App. Due June 15
September: OK, TX, CA, & NV - App. Due July 15
October: KY, TN, IN & IL - App. Due August 15
November: OH, MI - App. Due September 15
*December: WI - App. Due October 15

* = additional mini-tours
Bold Italic = 12-month rotation tours

Official USDA Genetic Evaluations
April 5 - Genetic Evaluation Release, including Genomics
August 9 - Genetic Evaluation Release, including Genomics
December 6 - Genetic Evaluation Release, including Genomics

Genomic only Evaluations
January 11
February 1
March 1
May 3
June 7
July 5
September 6
October 4
November 1