Brown Swiss Dairy Show Recognizes Breeders' Successes

DES MOINES, IA (08/19/2019) (readMedia)-- Top dairy farms competed for honors in the Brown Swiss Dairy Cattle show judged Friday at the 2019 Iowa State Fair.

Breezy Ridge Dairy of Epworth received Grand Champion Female honors, and Iow Ayr Farms of Brooklyn showed the Reserve Grand Champion Female.

Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C. of De Witt claimed the Champion Premier Exhibitor and Champion Premier Breeder titles.

Fick Swiss of Boyden received Reserve Champion Premier Breeder and Reserve Champion Premier Exhibitor.

The Premier Breeder Award is given to the competitor who earns the most points for animals bred and exhibited by the entrant or others during the day's show. The Premier Exhibitor Award is given to the exhibitor who accumulates the most points based upon the day's placings.

Additional results below:

BROWN SWISS

Spring Heifer Calf -- March 1 - May 31, 2019

1) Luke And Cody Koepke, Denver

2) Loras Kruse, Holy Cross

3) DeVore Dairy, Wilton

4) Sarah Hagenow, Poynette, Wis.

5) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

6) Silent Brook Farm, Clermont

7) Tyler Guy, Newton

8) Lucy Ann Acres, Sumner

9) Goodman Dairy Farm, Rose Hill

10) Taylor Guy, Newton

11) DeVores Dairy, Wilton

12) DeVore Dairy, Wilton

Winter Heifer Calf -- Dec. 1, 2018 - Feb. 28, 2019

1) Shawn And Levi Banowetz, Charlotte

2) Z-Breeze Holsteins, Postville

3) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

4) Robert Hanson Family, La Porte City

5) Nathen Zumbach, Springville

6) DeVore Dairy, Wilton

7) Grace Guy, Newton

8) Diversified Farms, Centerville

Fall Heifer Calf -- Sept. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018

1) Nathen Zumbach, Springville

2) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

3) Kent Appler, Clermont

4) KCCK Genetics, Dyersville

5) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

6) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

7) Lucy Ann Acres, Sumner

8) Tanner Guy, Newton

9) Grace Guy, Newton

10) Goodman Dairy Farm, Rose Hill

11) Taylor Guy, Newton

12) Tyler Guy, Newton

13) Goodman Dairy Farm, Rose Hill

Summer Yearling Heifer -- June 1 - Aug. 31, 2018

1) KCCK Genetics, Dyersville

2) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

3) Silent Brook Farm, Clermont

4) Fick Swiss, Boyden

5) Kent Appler, Clermont

6) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

7) Robert Hanson Family, La Porte City

8) Tanner Guy, Newton

Spring Yearling Heifer -- March 1 - May 31, 2018

1) Fick Swiss, Boyden

2) Kent Appler, Clermont

3) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

4) Iow Ayr Farms, Brooklyn

5) Silent Brook Farm, Clermont

6) Lucy Ann Acres, Sumner

Winter Yearling Heifer -- Dec.1, 2017 - Feb. 28, 2018

1) Loras Kruse, Holy Cross

2) Sandy Hill Guernseys, Scotch Grove

3) Fick Swiss, Boyden

4) TWIN-ELMS-VU, Readlyn

5) Justamere Farm, Wayland

6) Robert Hanson Family, La Porte City

7) Eberling Dairy, Postville

8) Goodman Dairy Farm, Rose Hill

9) Robert Hanson Family, La Porte City

Fall Yrlg. Heifer (not in milk) -- Sept. 1 - Nov. 30, 2017

1) KCCK Genetics, Dyersville

2) Sawyer Family, Marshalltown

3) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

4) TWIN-ELMS-VU, Readlyn

5) Robert Hanson Family, La Porte City

6) Nathen Zumbach, Springville

7) DeVore Dairy, Wilton

Junior Best Three Females

1) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

2) Loras Kruse, Holy Cross

3) Fick Swiss, Boyden

4) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

5) DeVore Dairy, Wilton

Junior Two Year Old Cow -- March 1 - Aug. 31, 2017

1) Iow Ayr Farms, Brooklyn

2) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

3) Lucy Ann Acres, Sumner

4) DeVore Dairy, Wilton

5) Goodman Dairy Farm, Rose Hill

Senior Two Year Old Cow -- Sept. 1, 2016 - Feb. 28, 2017

1) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

2) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

3) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

4) Iow Ayr Farms, Brooklyn

5) Goodman Dairy Farm, Rose Hill

6) Nathen Zumbach, Springville

Junior Three Year Old Cow -- March 1 - Aug. 31, 2016

1) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

2) Eberling Dairy, Postville

3) Eberling Dairy, Postville

Senior Three Year Old Cow -- Sept. 1, 2015 - Feb. 29, 2016

1) Fick Swiss, Boyden

2) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

Cow Four Years Old -- Sept. 1, 2014 - Aug. 31, 2015

1) Fick Swiss, Boyden

2) Fick Swiss, Boyden

3) Shawn And Levi Banowetz, Charlotte

4) Steinridge Jerseys, Lawler

5) Loras Kruse, Holy Cross

6) Holtz View Farms, Maquoketa

7) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

Cow Five Years Old -- Sept. 1, 2013 - Aug. 31, 2014

1) Iow Ayr Farms, Brooklyn

2) Goodman Dairy Farm, Rose Hill

Aged Cow -- Before Sept. 1, 2013

1) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

2) Loras Kruse, Holy Cross

3) Kent Appler, Clermont

4) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

5) DeVore Dairy, Wilton

Best Three Head

1) Fick Swiss, Boyden

2) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

3) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

4) Loras Kruse, Holy Cross

5) Eberling Dairy, Postville

6) DeVore Dairy, Wilton

Best Four Head

1) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

2) Fick Swiss, Boyden

3) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

4) Loras Kruse, Holy Cross

5) DeVore Dairy, Wilton

Junior Champion Female & Reserve

Champion) KCCK Genetics, Dyersville

Reserve) Shawn And Levi Banowetz, Charlotte

Honorable Mention) Kcck Genetics, Dyersville

Intermediate Champion Female & Reserve

Champion) Iow Ayr Farms, Brooklyn

Reserve) Fick Swiss, Boyden

Honorable Mention) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

Senior Champion Female & Reserve

Champion) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

Reserve) Iow Ayr Farms, Brooklyn

Honorable Mention) Loras Kruse, Holy Cross

Grand Champion Female & Reserve

Champion) Breezy Ridge Dairy, Epworth

Reserve) Iow Ayr Farms, Brooklyn

Honorable Mention) Iow Ayr Farms, Brooklyn

Premier Exhibitor

Champion) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

Reserve) Fick Swiss, Boyden

Premier Breeder

Champion) Lee-Anns Swiss L.L.C., De Witt

Reserve) Fick Swiss, Boyden

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