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The North American Normande Association, NANA, is hosting their National Normande Show on Saturday, September 21st, 2024 in conjunction with their “Cheers to 50 Years” Celebration marking 50 years that Normande Cattle have been in the United States. The National Show will start at 11am at the Iowa County Fairgrounds in Mineral Point, WI. The National Normande Show is a way for breeders from all over the United States to come and showcase their Normande cattle. This year the show is drawing fifteen breeders from five different states. The judges this year are Brian Toivola of Hibbing, MN and Emma Buss of Platteville, WI.
The NANA National Show started in 2007 and was held in Manchester, Iowa. In 2008, the association hosted the International CINOR (Counsel International Normande Organizations & Registries) during World Dairy Expo in Mineral Point, WI. Observing the show was nearly 100 CINOR attendees from Europe and South America. There were forty-two Normandes exhibited by six breeders. Since then NANA has continued hosting a National Show in the fall in Mineral Point, WI.
The public is invited to the show to meet the breeders and to see what Normande cattle have to offer.
The National Normande Show will also be live streamed via the associations Facebook page, North American Normande Association- NANA. This will allow spectators to enjoy this annual event from around the world. Dairy Agenda Today will also be covering the show this year.
The National Show ends a weekend of celebrating 50 years of Normandes in the United States. The NANA association has roots that go back to 1974, to the original importation of Normande cattle and semen from France into the United States. Soon afterward, the American Normande Association was founded with headquarters in Kearney, Missouri. Sam Barr, a well-respected Angus breeder, was one of the most influential original U.S. Normande breeders. Jay Swisher and Sons also imported French heifers and the bull, Norman I; they quickly became the largest Normande breeder ever in the U.S. Their herd grew to 500 full blood, purebred and percentage Normande cows. In total in the 1970’s, 23 Normande heifers, 6 bulls and semen on 9 other bulls were imported into the U.S. and Canada. In 1982, the North American Normande Association (NANA) was formed with the registry located in Ames, Iowa. The American Normande Association merged with NANA in 1985. The NANA registry is now currently in Rewey, Wisconsin and have over 50 registered Normande breeders in the membership.
For more information visit the NANA website www.normandeassociation.com or the Facebook page North American Normande Association – NANA
Our Mission
As the official breed Association for Normande cattle in the United States, the purpose of the North American Normande Association is to provide breeders of Normande cattle an official organization through which they can register their animals so as to ensure the integrity of Normande genetics in the United States. The second purpose of the North American Normande Association is to promote the Normande breed in both the dairy and beef industries. The third purpose of the North American Normande Association is to collect and record official performance data on Normande cattle so as to improve our selection and breeding programs. This purpose includes providing tangible evidence of the genetic and profitable contributions the Normande breed can make to the dairy and beef industries.
The goals of the North American Normande Association are two-fold. Our first goal is to increase the genetic influence Normande have upon the dairy and beef industries. Our second goal is to provide breeders of Normande cattle Association programs that recognize the top Normande genetics and the breeders who develop those top genetics.
