More Expansion for Cogent’s Team in the North
2009-08-04

Breeding company Cogent continues its expansion nationally and this month announces a new team member in the north of England.

Graham Higgot (right) and Hugh Pocock

Graham Higgott will cover the counties of Yorkshire and parts of Derbyshire and Cheshire, and joins the company with a strong practical farming background, after a successful career in farm management in two prominent Holstein herds.

By the age of 21, Graham was farm manager for a herd of 220 Holsteins in North Yorkshire and after this herd’s dispersal, he moved on to a comparable position in Norfolk. Here, the Neatishall herd enjoyed considerable show ring success and won the junior section of the county’s herd competition under his direction. Returning to Yorkshire in 2007, Graham’s most recent position has been managing a 300 cow unit averaging 10,500 litres.

“I’m moving to the AI side of the business for the career structure it offers, and I’m really looking forward to being involved with breeding some of those great cows that are out there,” says Graham. “Cogent is such a youthful and forward-thinking company, and as far as I’m aware, there’s no other breeding business like it which is working exclusively for British agriculture.

“I’m particularly keen to promote this aspect of the company, and the fact that the bulls are proven under UK conditions.”

Hugh Pocock, sales and marketing manager for Cogent welcomed Graham to the company and said that his appointment was a reflection of the buoyant trade Cogent continued to enjoy both as the leading producer of sexed semen in the world and a key player in the conventional dairy and beef semen market.

Graham can be contacted on 07787 283117.

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