The Wisconsin Simmental Association announces the recipients of the 2011 Performance Cow of the Year Award.

This is the sixth year that the W.S.A. has sponsored this award program.

The cows are entered and evaluated on four criteria. They are:

1. Calving ease of each natural calf.
2. Weaning weights of each natural calf.
3. Average calving interval.
4. Number of calves raised.

The recipient of the third place award is:
TSFS Monica L69, ASA# 2150604
Bred and owned by Bruce and Jeanna Pope of Timber Springs Farm in Richland Center, WI.
She has raised 8 calves with an average adjusted W.W. of 657 lbs. and an average calving interval of 362 days.

The second place cow is:
EAH Hourglass N162, ASA# 2208906
Bred and owned by Eugene Hassman of Wausaukee, WI.
N162 has raised 6 calves with a 698 lbs. average adjusted W.W. and an average calving interval of 362 days.

The first place cow was in second place last year. She is:
TSFS Liddy L49, ASA# 2150601
Also bred and owned by Bruce and Jeanne Pope of Timber Springs Farm in Richland Center, WI.
She has calved 8 times producing 11 calves (three sets of twins) and raised them all. The average annual weight of her weaned calves is 822.75 lbs. She was flushed in 2009 and still kept a 359 day calving interval.

All of the calves that these three cows raised received no creep feed and all of the calvings for all three animals were unassisted.

The awards will be presented at our Fall Sale.

The rules and regulations and a copy of the application form for this program can be found at WIsimmental.org.