PRESS RELEASE
21 July 2014
Cogent teams up with English Winter Fair to
launch National Pedigree Calf Show
Cogent Breeding Limited has teamed up with the organisers of the English
Winter Fair livestock showcase, Stafford, to introduce a new National Pedigree
Calf Show for all beef breeds at this year’s event on the weekend of November
15-16, offering a £1,000 cash prize for the Overall Champion and £500 for the
Reserve Champion.
The new National Pedigree Calf Show will include specific breed championships
for pedigree British Limousin, British Charolais, British Blue and British
Simmental calves, with an additional class for Any Other Native Breed. As well
as sponsorship from Cogent Breeding Ltd, the classes are being supported by
auctioneers, breed clubs and related companies.
Announcement of the finalised age range for prospective entries will be posted
on the English Winter Fair’s (EWF’s) dedicated webpage at
www.staffscountyshowground.co.uk shortly.
Attracting cash prizes, the individual breed championship classes will be run as
part of the main ring events on Saturday 15th November with the Overall Interbreed Calf Championship forming part of the EWF’s Supreme Inter-breed Titles
programme on Sunday 16th November.
“We are proud to be involved in the first National Pedigree Calf Show and look
forward to seeing the very best of the UK’s beef calves in November,” says
Boomer Birch, Beef Sire Analyst for Cogent Breeding Limited.
“The new show is the perfect opportunity for beef breeders to show and promote
the future stars and genetics of each breed to pedigree and commercial farmers
from across the UK and will be a welcome extension to the show’s well
established beef classes,” he adds.
Stuart Clatworthy, Chairman of the English Winter Fair, agrees adding: “As a
beef farmer and butcher I see every day the need to get the pedigree and
commercial sectors together so we can produce quality meat for the consumer.
We all need good bulls or access to AI and this new calf show is the perfect
platform to do just that.”
The National Pedigree Calf Show will include individual breed classes for Junior
and Senior bull and Junior and Senior heifer calves. From these classes an
Overall Male and Overall Female Champion for each breed will then compete for
an Overall Breed Champion’s title ahead of the coveted Inter-breed Champion’s
title the following day.
Entries for the inaugural National Pedigree Calf Show can be made via the EWF
website (see above) or by contacting the Show Secretary, Kate Tomlinson, on
01283 820012. Entries close on October 15th.
-endsNotes to editors
 Cogent is the pioneering business behind sexed semen technology and supply and is
the UK market leader. It is wholly owned by the Grosvenor Estate, and from its
headquarters on the Grosvenor Estate in Cheshire, has established a market-leading
reputation for its world-class UK breeding programme.
 Cogent’s distinguished selection of high reliability UK proven bulls offers dairy and
beef farmers an unprecedented combination of production, type and value.
 In 2011, Cogent acquired the business and marketing rights of World Wide Sires UK,
the highly-regarded cattle breeding business, and Dairy daughters, the UK’s first
direct supplier of Holstein semen. These businesses remain a key part of the Cogent
business, and Cogent remains the exclusive supplier of WWS US products in the UK.
For more information, please contact:
Cogent Breeding Ltd:
Joanna Warchol on 01244 622 044 or via email at joanna.warchol@cogentuk.com
English Winter Fair:
Simon Wragg on 07976 278 840
The text from this news release can be downloaded directly from the
Agriculture/Livestock section of ABC (Agribusiness Communications Ltd) Press Centre at
www.abccomms.co.uk