More scenes from Swissconsin...the 2013 National Brown Swiss Convention!
Welcome to Swissconsin...Wonderment awaits (sorry, I couldn't help it)
The fine breeders who brought you Swissconsin!
The Roger Nierman family was awarded the 2013 Active Master Breeder Award
The Notter family were named the 2013 Historical Master Breeders
Jeannie Winkelman Bishop & Laurie Winkelman received the Young Breeder Award
The crowd gathered for the Junior Fun Auction & meal catered by Rupeni's at the State Fair Park
Great items were sold to raise money for the Juniors!
Gary "Ole" Thompson models his new purchase from the auction
Members of the herd of table-top cows that was dispersed
Junior Folding Display winners
Intermediate Folding Display winners
Speaking contest winners
Junior Photography winners
Intermediate Photography winners
Senior Photography winner
Scholarship recipients Sara Harn and Grant Voelker
Youth Production Winners Tom Portner receiving the Youth Cheese Yield Winner for Isabella Portner and Rita Kennedy receiving the Overall Youth Production Award fro Jacob Kennedy
Youth Achievement Finalists Elisabeth & Elise Regusci
2013 Alternate Youth Ambassador Logan Worden, 2013 Youth Ambassador Sara Harn and 2012 Youth Ambassador Chelsea Jones
Ira Inman PTPR Trophies Tom Oberhaus, Tom Portner and Gary & Pat Mase
Protein Genetic Herd Awards Tom Oberhaus, Logan Worden and Tom Portner
Continuous Test Awads Cindy Worden, Matt Klug and Joe Miller
Progressive Genetic Herds Jeremy Mayer and Ernest Roth
JP Eves & Protein Award Les & Jo Olson
Cow For All Seasons Award Roger Nierman & Family
Total Performance Award Brian Voegeli & Family
Living Lifetime Cow Wayne Sliker
Brown Swiss breeders gather for Thursday morning's Awards Breakfast
Juniors participated in contests like tri-fold displays and photography
Some of the Fun Auction items
A beautiful vintage dairy breeds painting
A painting on slate
A Brown Swiss painting from 1973
Seven Breeds Poster and an In-Vitro Fertilization Cycle
A framed Foster Mother's Poster from Hoards
Framed artwork, throw blanket & Naughty Cow
A Jeanne Tuman painting and table-top cows