BROWN SWISS – CBAD
C places over B in this class of Brown Swiss cows using her decided advantage in dairyness, being more angular throughout, sharper down her topline, and more incurving in her thigh. Additionally, she has a stronger fore udder attachment and tracks straighter on her rear legs. I admit that B has more width at the top of her rear udder.
B easily places over A in my middle pair using her major advantage in udder. She has more height and width to her rear udder, more balance and capacity in her rear udder, and a more correct teat shape and placement. B also has more length to her frame, is stronger in her loin, and flatter across her tailhead. I grant that A is more clean cut throughout.
Finally, A places over D in her advantage in udder, being fuller at the top of her rear quarters and having more length to her fore udder. Additionally, A has more style and balance to her frame, has more depth of rib, and is longer from end to end. She is also more open through her ribs. I admit that D has less set to her hock, but lacks the height and width of rear udder to merit a higher placing.
About the judge . . . . Brian Coyne
Coyne placed the BROWN SWISS. After being raised on a Registered Holstein dairy in Wisconsin, Coyne spent his youth showing and fitting dairy cattle at sales and shows across the country. A 2011 graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Coyne worked as a herd manager before being hired by Select Sires as a genetic consultant and currently serves as the manager of applied genetic strategies. Coyne is a board member of the Wisconsin Holstein Association and enjoys judging and exhibiting at shows of all levels while assisting with his family’s small herd of Holsteins and Brown Swiss.
Brian Coyne
Sun Prairie, Wis.
Coyne placed the BROWN SWISS. After being raised on a Registered Holstein dairy in Wisconsin, Coyne spent his youth showing and fitting dairy cattle at sales and shows across the country. A 2011 graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Coyne worked as a herd manager before being hired by Select Sires as a genetic consultant and currently serves as the manager of applied genetic strategies. Coyne is a board member of the Wisconsin Holstein Association and enjoys judging and exhibiting at shows of all levels while assisting with his family’s small herd of Holsteins and Brown Swiss.
