MAPEL WOOD LAMBTON P RDCCapital Gain x Ladd P x Man-O-Man

Lambton P is a new release sire who is not only the #2 PTAT sire at Cogent but he has the added bonus of being a heterozygous polled & red carrier sire too! Brother to Mapel Wood Ball of Wax – Lambton P is bred from arguably the most prominent type family of the last decade the Lila Z’s. Lambton P combines an excellent combination of Type and Milk. The dam of Lambton is a jet black fancy uddered Ladd P daughter who oozes dairyness and style – expect Lambton P to sire animals of that kind!

+3.38 PTAT

+2.54 Udders

+1183lbs Milk

+15 Conformation (CDN)

+14 Mammary (CDN)

+3.01 UK Type Merit

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Trait Leaders - TYPE

WEDGWOOD BENEFIT Beemer x Dempsey x Dundee

Benefit is a new release sire and is Cogent’s #1 available PTAT sire. Benefit is bred from the Paradise family with 9 generations of Excellent and Very Good cows with multiple All Canadian and All American nominees and winner in the pedigree. Benefit’s dam is an extremely correct Dempsey daughter scored VG88 as a 2 year old. Benefit ranks well on multiple indexes being +17 Conformation in Canada and +2.84 UK Type Merit. Expect Benefit to sire the fancy show winning kind! Benefit is the oldest Beemer son born in Canada.

+3.43 PTAT

+2.32 Udders

+2.08 Feet & Legs

+957lbs Milk

+17 Conformation

+2.84 UK Type Merit

After the success of the August proof run 2016 this next edition and future Cogent Connect’s will feature on our leading elite type sires from the Cogent breeding programme. As the breeding programme grows Cogent has seen the number of type sires in our programme increase.

Elite ExcelGen Sires – a focus on elite Type sires

DAM: MAPEL WOOD LADD LEAH P VG86

DAM: STANHOPE PRESENCE DEMPSEY VG88

PTAT

BENEFIT 3.43LAMBTON P 3.38MOAT 3.12MARIO 3.03LOTTA CLASS 2.96

MAMMARY

LOTTA CLASS 3.17CHESTER 2.9MAIN TIME 2.8BRODY 2.76MOAT 2.59

LEGS & FEET

PARAMOUNT 2.31DEMON 2.2COOL 2.13BENEFIT 2.08MAIN TIME 1.99

CONFORMATION (CDN)

BENEFIT 17LOTTA CLASS 16LAMBTON P 15MOAT 14MARIO 14

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ELITE NEW JERSEYCOGENT DE CROB MOAT Kingboy x Mogul x Planet

Moat is a Kingboy son who comes in as Cogent’s #3 PTAT sire but Moat is more than just a single trait sire. Offering over 2600 GTPI and over 1600lbs of milk with and high Productive Life – Moat ticks all of the boxes! In Canada, Moat is +14 Conformation, +15 udders with over 1800 milk and is 3266 GLPI! The cow family behind Moat is developed in Holland but traces back to the Plushanski Chief Faith family. Moat is also an A2A2 beta casein sire.

+3.15PTAT

+2608 GTPI

+1634 Milk

+6.1 Productive Life

+14 Conformation (CDN)

+3 UK Type Merit

QUALITY DOORMAN MARIODoorman x Goldwyn x Gibson

If you are looking for a sire who offers high Type from a deep cow family with multiple generations of highly scored Excellent cows and generations of show winners then look no further than Quality Doorman Mario. Mario’s dam is a show winning EX95(2E) Goldwyn from an EX95(3E) 13* Gibson – Canadian cow of the year nominee 2015 and then Quality B C Frantisco EX96 29* the two time Supreme Champion at the Royal Winter Fair and All World cow.

+3.03 PTAT

+2.34 Udders

+14 Conformation (CDN)

+10 Mammary (CDN)

+2.39 UK Type Merit

2ND DAM M.H MENTA 1 VG86

DAM: QUALITY GOLDWYN FLANSCO EX95

ENNISKILLEN ENGINEER Premier x Vincent x Respect

Enniskillen Engineer is the first Jersey to be launched from our Canadian bull facility and fits nicely into the type theme. Engineer is an outstanding new addition to the Jersey line up and is arguably Cogent’s best Jersey to date. Coming from the world famous Enniskillen Jersey herd in Canada, Engineer is from a deep cow family developed at Enniskillen. His dam Enniskillen BV Suzy EX93-2E just recently won Reserve Grand Champion and best udder at the Quinte Championship show, there are another two multiple Excellent cows behind the dam is Engineer.

Engineer is +11 Conformation, +10 Mammary system with high fat and protein. Semen from Engineer will soon be available for distribution around the world.

DAM: ENNISKILLEN BV SUZY EX93 (2)

ALEXERIN MONTEREY NAILED ITMonterey x Supersire x Oman

Nailed It was launched earlier in the year and is now readily available for distribution. A high type sire Nailed It like many other sires in the Cogent programme combines good milk and fitness traits also. Nailed It’s dam is a very robust Supersire daughter who has produced over 12,000kgs in her first lactation, Nailed It’s grand dam has produced 87,000kgs in just 5 lactations! Nailed It’s full sister, Alexerin Monterey 1504, was the high seller at the 2015 Sale of Stars in Toronto selling for $170,000. Nailed It also has an interesting aAa code 246315.

+3.03 PTAT

+2.34 Udders

+14 Conformation (CDN)

+10 Mammary (CDN)

+2.39 UK Type Merit

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BLONDIN SIRESOCONNORS LOTTA CLASS 1st Class x McCutchen x Snowman

Lotta Class is currently one of Cogent’s standout sires for a number of reasons but he also fits into the “high type club”. His dam is Snowbiz Mccutchen Lottie bred from the Laurie Sheik family is an outstanding heifer, scored VG87 at 2 yrs old with an 88 point mammary system. Lotta Class offers high levels of milk, solid health traits and importantly, he lowers pin setting and adds teat length. On the Canadian base Lotta Class offers a GLPI of +3326 with +16 Conformation. Lotta Class also transmits the desired A2A2 beta casein gene.

+2.96 PTAT

+3.17 Udders

+2567 GTPI

+1429 lbs milk

+16 Conformation (CDN)

+3326 GLPI (CDN)

DAM: SNOWBIZ MCCUTCHEN LOTTIE VG86

ALEXERIN MONTEREY NAILED IT

Earlier in the summer Cogent were extremely excited to announce a new partnership with the newly formed Blondin Sires Inc. The focus of the programme between Cogent and Blondin Sires Inc is not just solely a “show type only” focus but goes beyond that and is focussing on elite type sires which excel for longevity and balance from elite, globally respected cow families.Cogent has the exclusive rights to market semen from these bulls across the world. We are pleased to share with you that the first bulls are in the Canadian bull barns and semen will be available from these bulls in the near future. Within the coming weeks we will share with you the names of the first sires which will be available from the programme. Watch this space for further updates and developments.