NBSCBA Elects Directors, Takes
BELOIT, Wis. Hie ballots
for four seats on the Brown Swiss
Cattle Breeders’ Association
board of directors were tallied at
the association’s 1997 national
convention in Cleveland, Ohio.
The following names were an
nounced at the annual meeting
held on July 11.
Joseph (Joe) M. Miller of New
Madison, Ohio, was re-elected for
District 11. Joe and and his wife
Mary K. are the owners of Kinn
darkay Swiss Farm and have a
daughter Anne.
Joe has served as a national
director for Ohio and Pennsylva
nia since 1994. He has been the
secretary for the Ohio Brown
Swiss Association since 1973 and
received the Progressive Breeder
Award in 1986.
Joe has served as the breed rep
resentative in the Ohio PDCA and
the Ohio Dairy Expo. His other
dairy activities include being Ohio
PDCA president for two years and
secretary for two years. He has
also been his county’s dairyman
association president and worked
with 4-H and FFA dairy judging
teams.
Roger Nierman of Browns
town, Indiana, will serve District
IV as national director, as he has
since 1994. Roger and his wife Jo
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ducts is keeping pressure on dairy
producers to meet the growing
demand for dairy products.
“Exclusively Swiss” has the
potential to increase the value of
Brown Swiss milk, which in turn,
should make the BSCBA mem
bers more money. In theory, when
our members prosper, so should
the association,” said Executive
Secretary John M. Meyer.
According to Meyer, “Exclu
sively Swiss” is manufactured in
Monroe. Wisconsin, specially for
the BSCBA.
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Ella have three children; Brian,
Amy and Jason; and one grand
daughter, Shelby Mkhaella.
They are the owners of Long
Lane Farms where the Nierman
herd has won almost every major
award presented by the associa
tion including the JP, Eves Pro
duction Award, the National Pro
tein Award and the Ira Inman
Award for PTPR in Group lE.
Roger has served as Canton presi
dent, director and president of the
Indiana Brown Swiss Association,
as well as director of the Jackson
County DHIA.
Charles Voelker of Perryville,
Missouri, will serve his second
term as director of District VI.
Charles and his wife Nancy are the
owners of Voelker Swiss Farms
and have five children: Katie, Suz
anne. Chad, Dayne and Grant.
The Voelkers have won premier
breeder and exhibitor at the Mis
souri State Fair numerous times
and have had grand and junior
champion animals at that fair.
Their herd has been on test since
1950 and began classifying in
1971. Charles is the past president
of the Missouri Brown Swiss
Association.
Paul Weber of West Linn, Ore
gon, was re-elected director of
District IX. Paul is the president
Cheese
Swiss’ Baby Swiss Cheese is
exceptional. It’s a full-bodied,
creamy Baby Swiss Cheese,”
Meyer said. “We are marketing
‘Exclusively Swiss’ to up-scale
consumers by mail-order catalog,
and we may someday enter the
specialty store arena. We are start
ing the project on a small scale,
which is keeping our start-up costs
minimal.”
The Brown Swiss Cattle Breed
ers’ Association,' headquartered in
Beloit, Wisconsin, was founded to
serve as the national organization
for the registration and promotion
of Brown Swiss cattle.
and manager of Idyl Wild Farm,
Inc. He and his wife JoAnne have
two children, Becky and Jacob.
Paul was chairman of the Clas
sification and Type Committee
from 1993 to 1995 and has been
the director of Western Brown
Swiss Sires. He was also interim
director for Region DC in 1996 r
Some of his other dairy activities
include serving as director for
Land O’ Lakes and Western Reg
ion, as well as serving as the presi
dent of the Williamette DHIA.
Other Business
During the annual meeting.
Executive Secretary John M.
Meyer reported on the associa
tion’s progress over the past year
and presented the 1997 Business
plan.
According to Meyer, 1996 was
a transition year for the associa
tion with the hiring of a new
executive secretary and the elec
tion of a new president The asso
ciation also concurred a loss in its
operation for the sixth consecutive
year.
Meyer asked that association
members not dwell on the loss,
stating, “Rather, we must look to
the future of this association and
the Brown Swiss cow we all be
lieve in. In January, your board of
directors adopted a business plan
that should be helpful in turning
around the financial picture of the
Brown Swiss Association. The
business plan is our road map for
future success.”
Meyer presented the business
plan outlined in 11 objectives to
improve the financial situation of
the association while maintaining
service to its members. These
objectives include:
• Increase registration five per
cent to 10,000 in 1997, increasing
revenue to the association.
• Reduce payroll by $30,000 by
staff downsizing.
• Increase live cattle and
embryo sales by 47 percent to
$325,000 in 1997.
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Baby Swiss cheese to increase
demand for Brown Swiss milk,
earning more money for pro
ducers.
* Launch the Young Sire Pro
gram in 1997 to sample more
young bulls.
* Develop brochures to promote
the Brown Swiss cow. Brown
Swiss Enterprises and Brown
Swiss products including the new
line of Baby Swiss cheese.
• Create an advertising budget
to promote the association in vari
ous dairy publications.
• Budget $3,000 to exhibit and
promote the breed at domestic
shows.
• Contract with Purebred Pub
lishing. Inc. to produce the Brown
Swiss Bulletin, cutting losses
while improving the quality of the
Brown Swiss Bulletin.
• Revamp the part-time rep
resentative program.
Also during the annual meeting,
President Kathleen Beatty
reviewed some of the board’s
recent actions.
At the request of members, the
embryo transfer fee was changed
so that for each flush, one transfer
transaction is processed for a fee
of $2O.
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FEDERALSBURG. Md.
The Eastern Shore Thresherman
and Collectors Assoc., Inc. will be
holding its 37th annual Wheat
Threshing, Steam and Gas Engine
Show Aug. 1-3 at its showgrounds
located on Rl 313 between Den
ton and Federalsburg. The show
features free admission and free
parking.
Besides the main attraction of
wheat threshing, there will be
shingle sawing, sawing with a
miniature sawmill and rock crush
ing. There will be steam engines,
antique tractors, gasoline engines,
antique cars and steam models in
operation. A daily parade of all
equipment will be held at S p.m.
on Friday and Saturday and 4 on
Sunday.
There will be something for
everyone in the large flea market
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Program was introduced to simpli
fy the registration process and to
build up the registration base by
combining DHIR, classification
and registration of pedigrees for
all females under six months of
age. Breeders were encouraged to
help researchers find a useful
marker gene for Spinal Muscular
Atrophy (SMA) by donating
embryo* of carrier cows.
A one-time recording fee for
foreign bulls whose semen is
imported into the U.S. was set at a
fee of $250 per bull.
Members will be able to vote on
any recommendations made by
the Bylaw Committee, which will
be discussing changing the active
age of junior members. The Junior
Bell-Ringer program will no lon
ger mention placings with pictures
at the recommendation of the
Youth Committee. The Youth
Committee will also receive a
percentage of the proceeds from
the sale of the new Brown Swiss
Association jackets.
The Brown Swiss Cattle Breed
ers’ Association, headquartered in
Beloit, Wisconsin, was founded to
serve as the national organization
for the registration and promotion
of Brown Swiss cattle.
“Evolution of Threshing,” which
will demonstrate how threshing
grain evolved from using the flail
to the modem day combine. This
will be held Saturday at 2 p.m.
“Traveling Bluegrass” will pro
vide a free bluegrass music show
on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and on
Saturday evening, “Mel Price and
the Country Troubadours.” will be
playing country music at 7:30
p.m. “Hearts Afire” will sing gos
pel music on Sunday at S p.m.
There will be plenty of good
food with fried chicken platters,
crab cakes, hamburgers, and hot
dogs.
Exhibitors of antique equip
ment are welcome. There is no
charge to exhibit. All times are
subject to weather conditions.
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Jack Bradshaw, president, at (410)
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