Sale season will get off to a bang for Brothers Three in 2010 with three great consignments headed to the Midwest Revue on March 25, all from our leading Wisper cow family.

The highlight consignment is a first offering from Brothers Three Worthy-ET EX-92 (left) who was Reserve All-American and Reserve Int. Champ. at World Dairy Expo in 2008. Worthy's Diablo daughter, Whistle, sells due in June to Vigor as a Junior 3-year-old for this year. You will not miss her in the line-up.

Other consignments are a 9-08 Legacy straight from Wisper who's full sister, Whip It, topped the World Premier Sale last fall (see below). Also selling is White Wine, a second calf Starsky due sale time to Total. She is and is a daughter of a VG-85 Parker daughter of Wisper. For more info, click For Sale above!

Brothers Three Wisp was named Grand Champion of the Southeastern National Brown Swiss Show, capping a banner year for our Junior 3-year-old. She is pictured left making the turn for the final pull led by Lisa Gibson from Kentucky Bluegrass, our partners and the expert caretakers of Wisp. Wisp twice showed in Louisville this year and twice went home Grand Champion.

Thanks to everyone for their interest and congratulations you shared with us on Wisp. We're pretty proud of her!

The World Premier Sale capped a great week for Brothers Three with the sale of Brothers Three Whip It-ET. A 9-08 Legacy daughter of Wisper, Whip It topped the sale at $8,100. She was the choice of Gerritt and Lauren Debruin of Lake Mills, Wis. Thank you for your trust in our breeding!

Whip It is a sister to Worthy, the Reserve Intermediate Champion at World Dairy Expo 2008. She is also a sister to Brothers Three Witney, the Premium dam of Wisp. Wisp was the Supreme Winner of the Kingsmill futurity. At the Wisconsin State Show, Whip It was 9th in a deep class.

Brothers Three Wisp achieved a breed milestone on the last day of World Dairy Expo 2009 when she was named Supreme Champion of the Kingsmill International Futurity. Judge Steve McDonald remarked that the judges were unanimous in her selection.

Wisp is the first Brown Swiss to be named Supreme Champion of the futurity at World Dairy Expo. She is owned with, and under the expert care of Jeff, Lisa, and Katie Gibson and the KY-Bluegrass show crew. Thanks for their great work!

We were pleased to have 5 cows carrying our prefix show at World Dairy Expo 2009. This marks the most that have shown at the show with our prefix and is made even more gratifying that they came from several different herds.

Here are the results!

Wisp - 1st Junior 3-year old & Supreme Futurity
Brandi - 2nd Junior 3-year old
Worthy - 8th 4-year old
Wanita - 11th Junior 2-year old (pictured left)
Windie - 13th Junior 2-year old
Best Three Females - 6th place

Brothers Three Brandi continued her winning ways for Elite Dairy and picked right back up on last years's Reserve All-American performance. At the All-American Dairy Show, Brandi was 1st Jr. 3-year-old and Honorable Mention Intermediate Champion. She will be one to contend with at World Dairy Expo.

Additionally, Brothers Three HP Willow, also owned by Elite Dairy, stood 3rd in the Spring Yearling Class. Round Hill Prem Lil Fern was the winning Sr. 3-year-old for Elite Dairy. We wish them luck at Madison!

An early highlight of the 2009 show season happened at the Kentucky State Fair in August. Brothers Three Wisp was named Grand Champion of the show after winning Junior 3-year-old class. Wisp is pictured on the far left as the judge made his selection for champion.

Thanks to our partners at KY-Bluegrass for continuing to develop Wisp so successfully and having her ready for the ring at the show. We look forward to her fall campaign this year.

Jake just recently returned from a trip down to Columbia to serve as the judge for the Brown Swiss show at Agroexpo 2009. His thoughts:

“The show was a very rewarding experience and I got to see a tremendous group of cattle. Over 150 head of Brown Swiss paraded through the ring including nearly 40 bulls.  The Swiss in Columbia are not much different then here and it was quality wise one of the best I have judged.  Highlights from the show included a Parker fall calf was Junior Champion and a Parker Jr. 3 year old was Honorable Mention Intermediate Champion. Special thanks to everyone from the Columbus House and Columbian Brown Swiss Association for the great fellowship, opportunity, and hospitality while I was there!”

Brothers Three Brown Swiss has been named the 2009 National Outstanding Young Brown Swiss Breeder. The National Brown Swiss Young Breeder Award is presented annually to a deserving breeder under the age of 40 who has shown expertise in dairy farming and Brown Swiss cattle breeding, participation in Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders’ Association programs and events, and leadership roles in the community, both in agricultural and non-agricultural organizations.

We want to thank Cindy Warner for nominating us, as well as others for their support of our nomination.

Thanks go our to Kurt Mairs from Wooster, Ohio, for his purchase of Brothers Three KY Wink at the Snapshots of Starmark Sale. Wink is the only daughter of Brothers Three Wisp, the All-American Junior 2-year-old from 2008. Sired by Winning Pilot, we think she has the potential to be something special and wish Kurt best of luck with her.

Thanks for your trust and confidence in our breeding program!

All-American results are out and Brothers Three is the proud breeder of 3 All-American winners and 2 Reserve All-Americans, the most of any breeder during this year's show season.

And the winners are:
All-American
Spring Calf - Brothers Three HP Willow-ET
Junior 2-year-old - Brothers Three Wisp
Best 3 Females: Brothers Three WDE entry

Reserve All-American
Junior 2-year-old - Brothers Three Brandi-ET
Senior 3-year-old - Brothers Three Worthy-ET