Issue 1 | 11th June Specialist Breeds

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 ARYSHIRE SIRES

Dam: Sandyford Clover 10 EX97 Sandyford Supreme

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

her 9th lactation at 11 years of age.

Supreme (Blackthorne x EX97 Chatter x

VG85 Eagan) is the result of the classic mating of Blackthorne and Clover to pro-

duce 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.

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 leav-ing that ‘Clover Stamp’ on the interna-

tional 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

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 Ri-

ley’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.

GDam: Shellen Lemvig Skip EX94

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

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 reputa-

tion 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.

Dam: Bluegrass Excitation Prissy

Polly 3rd EX93

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 Ire-land. Cronic is a grazing specialist, ge-

nomically 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 lacta-

tions in excess of 9,000kgs.

NEW RELEASE GRAZING 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.

Parkduv Magnet

(Grazing Holstein Friesian) Sunnybank Oman x Ruud 22 x Q Europe

This high EBI sire couples a cow family

with consistent type and high manage-ment 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.

Dam: Garrymartin Crocus 795

Dam: Parkduv Margo 17

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 high-

est 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.

Brideview Super Bell

Dan Supersonic x Galte Noel x Dovea Ned Boy

This is one of the most balanced sires avail-

able 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 low gestation length and calving interval score and he has the makings of a

sound commercial grazing specialist.

Morrisheen Een

Brideview Super Bell

NEW RELEASE GRAZING SPECIALISTS

NEW RELEASE BRITISH FRIESIAN SIRE

Continuing the theme of cattle that efficiently convert grass to milk, our British Friesian pro-

gramme 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

When we had Number one we had to con-tinue to strive for better, and with that came

Inch Robert. 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 his father via an im-pressive hard working full sister to Number

ones dam. Robert is the number one avail-able 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 num-

ber two for protein percentage.

Inch Robert

Inch Gain (Swedish Red)

Gunnarstorp x Tosikko x Orraryd 3

Inch Tosikko Jan is one of the finest exam-ples 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 for-

ward to seeing how much dairy farmers will gain from this great bull!

NEW RELEASE SWEDISH RED SIRE

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: Greystones Samson 78

Skyhigh Samson (Swedish Red)

K Lens x Rapid x Elvebakken

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.

Dtr: Obelisk Montoya CMJ