Issue 1 Specialist Breeds 15th June To acknowledge the growth in popularity of the coloured breeds across the world, Cogent have recently added some interesting product lines to their portfolio. These lines are selected on the key ethos that they are backed by the best cow families available and they have been crossed with some of the best sires from around the globe to leave us with these exciting balanced sires. NEW RELEASE AYRSHIRE SIRES Dam: Sandyford Clover 10 EX97 These two fantastic half brothers are bred from the only living 97 point Ayrshire cow in the world. The undefeated Sandyford Clover 10 EX97. Clover combines type, production, strength, longevity and breed character in one perfect package. In the show ring she has been undefeated for almost 10 years adding many accolades to her record including breed championships at the Royal Show, Cheshire County Show, the South West Dairy Event and the Royal Welsh Show. She has also won her class at the Dairy Event on four separate occasions, being crowned Interbreed Heifer Champion and Interbreed Supreme Champion in this time. She adds this to her successes in Scotland having the title of Supercow bestowed upon her twice. Production wise she is currently giving just under 60kgs a day, in Sandyford Supreme her 9th lactation at 11 years of age. Sandyford Supreme (Blackthorne x EX97 Chatter x VG85 Eagan) is the result of the classic mating of Blackthorne and Clover to produce a bull that is expected not only to put milk in the tank, but also sire wide strong heifers that will stand the test of time. He is a fantastic looking young sire who walks on a fantastic set of feet and legs. Sandyford Triclo (Reality x EX97 Chatter x VG85 Eagan) is a more modern mating crossing quite possibly the best sire available from North America with Clover. We expect this young sire to transmit balance, style and production into daughters that milk well and display fantastic mammary systems. We look forward to this dynamic duo leaving that Clover Stamp on the international Ayrshire community.
NEW RELEASE JERSEY SIRES Bayview Riley Skipper Riley x EX93 Senior x EX94 Lemvig Skipper is an exciting new addition to the Cogent Jersey programme. This complimentary mating should delivery some very useful progeny. Skipper s pedigree traces back through the March family to one of the old school, high production herds of the breed. His Dam and Grand Dam are multiple Ex cows both scoring EX96 for dairy strength. This will protect the extreme dairy GDam: Shellen Lemvig Skip EX94 qualities of Riley and allowing the combination to deliver really good type in the resulting progeny. His dam has averaged over 7000kgs in her last three lactations at 6.01%BF and 3.85%P. These high components will protect Riley s milk quality, and again the high production from both sides of the pedigree should be delivered through Skippers progeny. The regular calving pattern of Senior Skip combined with the fantastic fertility score on Riley make this young bull a really exciting prospect that will reiterate the fertility that jersey cows are known for. Tregibby Yegabomb Tequila x EX93 Excitation x EX93 Starlight Commander If you want Show type with welded on udders from fancy, stylish progeny to make your mark in the show ring then Tregibby Yegabomb is the bull for you. Yegabomb has all the credentials to produce the progeny for the coloured shavings. His dam Bluegrass Excitation Prissy Polly EX93 has graced the ring at virtually all the major shows in the UK stamping her supremacy at each event. She has Dam: Bluegrass Excitation Prissy Polly 3rd EX93 also achieved maximum scores on every classification and boasts a 96 point mammary. Combining this with similar scores from her dam and blending in the International reputation of Towervue Prime Time Tequilla you can just imagine what the progeny are going to be like. Prissy Polly is by no means shy of milk averaging 7768kgs at 5.55%BF and 3.65%P in her first three lactations. The depth of the extended pedigree shows solid production over many lactations with great longevity.the prediction on Yegabomb can only be fancy, fancy type from offspring that are going to be around for many lactations.
NEW RELEASE GRAZING FRIESIAN HOLSTEIN SPECIALISTS Cogent are committed to assisting farmers across the world increase their bottom line. One of the best ways of assisting this is providing a product that will efficiently produce milk at high levels of components from one of the cheapest feeds around; grass. The following bulls are grazing specialists and rank highly on the Irish EBI index. Garrymartin Cronic (Grazing Holstein Friesian) Dan Supersonic x Eckland x Royal Hugo One of our new additions from the heart of grazing country, the Republic of Ireland. Cronic, is a grazing specialist, genomically tested on the EBI base. He is a high milk transmitter at +460kgs, and has fantastic fertility, management and maintenance sub index s. He hails from a long line of functional grazing cows that are renowned for recording lactations in excess of 9,000kgs. Dam: Garrymartin Crocus 795 Parkduv Magnet (Grazing Holstein Friesian) Sunnybank Oman x Ruud 22 x Q Europe Dam: Parkduv Margo 17 This high EBI sire is from a cow family with consistent type and high management traits backed by solid production and fantastic levels of fat (+0.19%) and protein (+0.14%). He has a gestation length of four days below the national average that will ensure a tight calving interval is kept and that cows wont fall out of the block in a block calving herd. Calves are hitting the ground in Ireland now and have been identified as super easy calving.
NEW RELEASE GRAZING FRIESIAN HOLSTEIN SPECIALISTS Morrisheen Een Dan Supersonic x Pigeonwood Red x QC Belro Een is a through and through component specialist, at 52.5kgs of combined fat and protein he ranks in the top 1% of available bulls on the EBI index and boasts a high EBI index of 267 making him one of the highest available. He is ideally suited to those herds that aim to maintain a tight calving block and low calving interval with a calving interval score of -4.29days and a gestation length of -4.00 days. He is from a family that has bred many bulls into AI in previous years. Een s first daughters are just coming up to bulling age and are reportedly strong robust heifers that have sound feet and legs as well as correct commercial rumps. Morrisheen Een Brideview Super Bell Dan Supersonic x Galte Noel x Dovea Ned Boy This is one of the most balanced sires available on the EBI base. He ranks in the top 5% of available sires for EBI and production with over 300kgs of milk and just short of 40kgs of combined fat and protein. Couple this to his short gestation length and calving interval score and he has the makings of a sound commercial grazing specialist. Brideview Super Bell
NEW RELEASE BRITISH FRIESIAN SIRE Continuing the theme of cattle that efficiently convert grass to milk, our British Friesian programme has recently been bolstered with the addition of Inch Robert who hails from the same fantastic family as Cogent top seller Inch Number One. Inch Robert Randolf x Glen Albyn x Dovea Sem A son of the popular Lakemead Randolf, this sleek, stylish black bull puts most bulls to shame with his impressive width and power. Tracing back to the same 21 star brood cow as Inch Number One via an impressive hard working full sister to Number One s dam. Robert is the number one available young sire for PLI at a staggering 385 and holds his own in regards to both type and production neatly positioned at number two for British Friesian type +1.20 and number two for protein percentage. Inch Robert NEW RELEASE SWEDISH RED SIRE Inch Gain (Swedish Red) Gunnarstorp x Tosikko x Orraryd 3 The dam of Inch Gain, Inch Tosikko Jan is one of the finest examples of the Swedish Red breed outside of Sweden itself; she is an absolute tank of a cow, with a brilliant mammary system and sound feet and legs. She produced well over 9,000kgs in her first lactation and classified VG85 making her the highest classified Swedish red heifer last year! We look forward to seeing how much dairy farmers will gain from this great bull! Inch Gain
NEW DAUGHTER PROVEN SIRES Cogent have had a great reputation for the reliability of their proven sires in the past and there is no exception to this now. Some of our latest coloured breed sires to gain their initial production proofs are Montbeliarde Stalwart, Montoya and farmer favourite Swedish Red sire, Skyhigh Samson. Montoya (Montbeliarde) Plumitif x Mohair x Ezozo Montoya now has milking daughters in the UK recorded on the UK s Montbeliarde base. As well as the Netherlands and further afield. He is the King of components at 0.07%Fat and 0.03%Protein, with a good yield of production. Combine this with his high scores for fertility, udder health plus temperament. He is a bull that is providing absolute farmer satisfaction. Dtr: Obelisk Montoya CMJ Skyhigh Samson (Swedish Red) K Lens x Rapid x Elvebakken Dtr: Greystones Samson 78 Samson daughters have blown us away on recent farm visits, they are amongst some of the most balanced, consistent, correct cross bred cattle that we have seen in UK for many years. They have solid, robust frames and have legs that display ideal set, tailored to walking long distances that paddock grazing requires. Their mammary systems are worn high and wide with ample teat length and near perfect positioning. Width is something that Samson seems to be excelling in. One thing that has been common with people who are milking Samson daughters is that they have all bought more semen of the bull.