Youth Lease Program

Deadline June 1  (extended to August 1 for 2020)

The National Brown Swiss Association Youth Lease program encourages character, knowledge and sense of responsibility; increases participation in Brown Swiss Association programs, junior contests, and junior shows nationwide; and offers a unique opportunity for both non-farm and farm youth to work with registered Brown Swiss.

Terms & Conditions

• The lessee must be 8-21 years of age as of January 1 of the project year, whereas the project year coincides with the calendar year.


• Leased animals will qualify for the National Bell Ringer Program, junior contests, and junior show awards, but will not be eligible for open show awards.


• The animal’s recorded owner will receive open show honors. An animal may be leased as a cow, if it has been leased continuously by the same youth prior to two years of age