Youth
looking for support to purchase their first Brown Swiss should consider
applying for the Nelson McCammon Youth Heifer Program offered by the Wisconsin
Brown Swiss Association. The organization is accepting applications between now
and February 10, 2022.
“The Nelson
McCammon Youth Heifer Program helps youth interested in working with dairy
cattle gain hands-on experience with high-quality Registered Brown Swiss,
explains Wisconsin Brown Swiss President Josh Hushon. “By working with Brown
Swiss through this program, our hope is that they will learn to appreciate the
many outstanding qualities the Brown Swiss breed offers as the well as the
camaraderie of those who own them.”
Award
recipients will receive a grant for 50% (up to a $1,000 total) towards the
purchase price of a Registered Brown Swiss female of any age. The program is intended
to run for two years with the applicants being between the ages of 9 and 18 for
cows and 9 to19 for heifers as of January 1, 2022. Applicants must be residents
of Wisconsin and become members of the Wisconsin Junior and the National Junior
Brown Swiss Associations.
Since
the project started in 2013, 26 youth have purchased Registered Brown Swiss
heifers thanks to the generosity of long-time Brown Swiss breeder and youth
supporter Nelson McCammon, who generously donated the funding for the program
via his estate when he passed. Mr. McCammon was a mentor to many, and a past
winner of the Klussendorf Trophy.
Winners
will be presented at the Wisconsin Brown Swiss Annual Meeting, March 5, 2022,
at the Cranberry Country Lodge, Tomah, Wi.
Applications
and more information about this and other programs can be found at the
Wisconsin Brown Swiss Association website at www.wibrownswiss.com or
by contacting Christopher Voegeli at christophervoegeli@gmail.com or 608-558-4728.