A Brown Swiss cattle breeders group has given an award to the Kennedy farm in Penn Township. Members of the family are, from left, back row, Justin and Victoria Kennedy, Jordan Kennedy, and Jeff and Janice Kennedy, and front row, Jim and Rita Kennedy with great-grandsons Bryson and Caleb.

The Kennedy family loves their cows.

The six-generation farming family has been raising Brown Swiss dairy cows at their Four Seasons Farm in Penn Township since 1958, and they recently won a national award for their herd from the Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association of Wisconsin.

They won the Progressive Genetic Herd Award, which is given to the herd with the most increase from the previous year in predicted transmitting ability (PTA) protein of all cows within the same herd. The award has four divisions based on herd size. The Kennedy farm is in Group 3 for having 50 to 99 registered Brown Swiss cows.

The farm won the same award six years ago and received recognition for 65 years of continual Brown Swiss breeding two years ago, said Jeff Kennedy, who works the farm with his son, Jordan.

“It's a national award, so it feels pretty good,” Kennedy said.

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