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Cogent secure semen rights to Rawburn Edge

Chrissie — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:09:33 +0000

Cogent have secured the semen rights for Rawburn Edge, the top Terminal Sire Index bull in the UK. The bull who sold to the Brewis family at Eastfield, Kelso for £20 000 in May 2010, records a staggering TSI of +55 and a Self Replacing Index of +66.

Rawburn Edge

Semen will be for sale exclusively through Cogent and will be priced at £12.50 per straw with a £75 royalty fee. Cogent beef specialist Boomer Birch says: “After seeing the bull and reviewing his performance figures we knew that we had to secure Rawburn Edge for our 2011 Cogent beef catalogue. Our pricing strategy for Edge allows great value for money to both our commercial and pedigree customers and gives access to the best Aberdeen-Angus genetics at a very competitive price.”

Semen will be available for domestic and international markets by February 2011.

Rawburn sells top index bull to Eastfield for £20,000

Chrissie — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:59:36 +0000

The highest Terminal Index Aberdeen-Angus bull ever to be bred in the UK has been sold in a private deal for £20,000.

Rawburn Edge J983, bred by the Elliot family at Rawburn, Roxburgh Mains, Kelso, is by Rawburn Lord Histar G722, a homebred grandson of the legendry Rawburn Transformer who has been responsible for putting great shape, growth rate and figures in to Aberdeen-angus cattle throughout the UK.

Rawburn Edge J983

His dam, Rawburn Ellen Erica D298, is a daughter of Hoff Limited Edition out of the Rawburn owned Canadian donor cow Cudlobe Ellen Erica. She bred Rawburn El Torro, the highest TI bull in the UK born in 2008 who was retained as a herd sire at Rawburn.

Edge’s figures rank him in the top 1% of the breed for both Terminal Index (+55) and Self Replacing Index (+65), he also has a milk figure of +12 and an Eye Muscle Area figure of +6.9.

New owner Ewan Brewis of the Eastfield herd at Kelso, had no hesitation in securing this April 2009-born yearling bull as a future stock sire for his 45-cow herd. Mr Brewis said: “Having monitored Edge since he was weaned we were always impressed by his figures. As he has matured he has developed into a well muscled, strong boned yearling, showing lots of breed character. In today’s market we require a bull that is both impressive to the eye and has good figures - such bulls are not easily found and we are delighted to have been able to secure Edge.”

Commenting on the sale breeder John Elliot Snr of the Rawburn herd said: “Edge is more than just a set of huge performance figures. His structural correctness, docile temperament and immense breed character make him one of the most complete bulls we have ever bred at Rawburn.”

The Rawburn herd have retained a half share interest in semen from Rawburn Edge J983.

Rull Frances best Aberdeen-Angus calf champion

Chrissie — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:18:57 +0000

Wining the best calf championship was the winner of the heifer calf class Rull Frances from Messrs E and M Jones and shown by Andrew House.

Rull Francis

This January born calf goes back to Netherton Frances and is by Muirhall Top Deal. The Jones’ now run 12 pedigree cows and will next be out at the South of England Calf Show held at Bristol and possibly the National calf Show at Borderway Agri-Expo.

Winning the Group of Three Class was the team from Bryan Ronan, followed by the Kingsbrompton team from Colin Hutchings, the Warrenho team from the Bishop family, while the Rosemead team from the Stovold family stood fourth, followed by team Mosston Muir from Tom Rennie.

That’s it for the National Show now – we’re off for a drinkie or two of something nice. The plan will to bring you pictures as soon as possible.