PRESS RELEASE
8 April 2014
Cogent’s top sires excel across key UK and global indexes
Cattle breeding company, Cogent, has many counts on which to celebrate the DairyCo
bull proof-runs published this week, ranging from the number one butterfat sire in the
world to a genomic sire which is an international leader for key global indexes.
And alongside the headline names of Cogent Twist and Cogent Supershot, there’s a
wealth of bloodlines to suit every dairy farmer’s needs originating from both Cogent’s
own UK breeding programme and the internationally acclaimed portfolio of World Wide
Sires in the USA.
Amongst the proven sires:
Wintersell Milo earns his first daughter proof and exceeds expectations with over two
points for type and as a leading cell count improver. With great daughter fertility, a high
weight and percentage of butterfat, and as a jet black and easy calving sire, it’s clear
why Milo has such a strong following. His Profitable Lifetime Index is £187 and he is
+2.1 TM.
Ladys-Manor PL Shamrock is a Planet x Shottle who has increased daughter numbers
and continues to offer high type credentials. This includes a Type Merit of +3.2,
mammary of +3.13 and legs and feet of +2.19. A jump in daughter Fertility Index (FI)
helps increase his PLI to £197.
Hammer-Creek O Man Kody becomes the number one daughter fertility improver in
the PLI top 10, with a massive FI of +8.4. As an improver of cell counts, lifespan and
with +1.93 points for type, he’s a great all-rounder with a PLI of £234.
Cogent Twist’s reputation goes from strength to strength as he adds 149 second crop
daughters and regains number one spot for UK-proven sires, with a PLI of £244
alongside the highest butterfat index in the world at a massive 39.6kg (+0.24%).
Maple-Downs-I G W Atwood becomes the new number one UK-proven type sire at TM
+3.48 and reinforces his international reputation with comparable domestic
performance.
Bertaiola Mincio reinforces his position as a superb type improver with a massive TM of
+4.12, yet still offers a complete and easy-to-use index without extreme stature.
Dunnerdale Kestrel, as a Bolton x Allen is an outcross sire, and again transmits
outstanding butterfat production at 35.6kg and +0.14% and will slightly reduce stature.
With 598kg milk, he earns a PLI of £191.
Bakombre regains his top 10 position having increased his PLI to £238, through
improvements in production and several fitness traits. This Baxter son’s index is without
fault, and includes over two points for type.
The most modern and elite young sires
The young genomic sires add a further dimension to the stud, and with four of the top
five highest PLI bulls available through Cogent, we look forward to bringing the world’s
most modern and elite genetics to UK herds.
Cogent Supershot is the undisputed leader with a massive £290 PLI and sky-high
performance by international standards. This includes the highest genomic TPI in
America at 2625; the highest Net Merit (the USA’s key economic index) at $1047 and
the highest LPI in Canada at +3511. Never before has a bull offered dairy producers
such high genetic potential across such a wide range of bases.
Morningview MCC Kingboy is a McCutchen from a Charlesdale Superstition with a
massive +3.58 Type Merit and is also among the elite for the USA’s TPI.
Cogent Goodwell and TW Goodwhone are half-brothers from one of the greatest
cows in Europe – the Active daughter, Campogallo Gaia. Sired by Sudan and Mogul
respectively, both bulls offer great milk and components while Goodwhone’s high type
(TM +3.05) dwarfs that of other outcross genomic sires.a
De-Su Moonray’s global reputation grows as this Robust son breaks the £300 PLI
barrier and continues to offer exceptionally high butterfat (47.5kg and +0.14%) with
902kg milk combined with outstanding daughter fertility.
Wiltor Cruise is an Iota x Planet from the Larcrest Cosmopolitan family and is the
number one UK-born PLI sire at £252, with a Type Merit of +2.17 into the bargain.
Seagull-Bay Platinum and Seagull-Bay Diamond are full brothers by Snowman and
from the Planet daughter, Ammon-Peachey Shauna who both offer £256 PLI and
exceptional cell count improvement with high type.
Melarry Robust Miles is another exceptional PLI bull at £280, who improves all the
health and fitness traits and offers a Type Merit of +2.55.
Seagull-Bay Supersire already has a big reputation, including as a sire of sons, despite
being little more than three years old himself. But he earns this through a remarkable
ability to transmit high type, good daughter fertility and lifespans and exceptional
volumes of high quality milk. His PLI is £284.
S-S-I Mogul Defender is a high type (TM +4) Mogul son from a Man-O-Man dam, with
all the health, fertility and production attributes to be expected of a sire with a PLI of
£203 PLI.
“We’re absolutely delighted with the calibre of the stud we are able to offer UK producers
and feel we have genetics to suit every type of farming system,” says Mike Phillips
Cogent UK Sales Manager. “Over the days and weeks ahead we will be adding further
bloodlines which will continue to keep our portfolio bang up to date. These will come
both through our own Visions progeny testing programme and from our international
partners at World Wide Sires.”
For more information about the Cogent stud, please call Cogent on 0800 783 7258.
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Notes to editors
Attached is a photo of Wintersell Sapphire 29 VG86 2yrs, a daughter of Wintersell Milo, a
newly proven highlight of the Cogent stud.
- 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 Laura Andrews on 01244 622 069 or via email
at laura.andrews@cogentuk.com.
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