Whole Herd Enrollment

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Registering Calves

The CLA offers two options for registering calves: Whole Herd Enrollment or registering individual animals. Read on to learn which option is best for you.

Whole Herd Enrollment

The Whole Herd Enrollment program reports on each producing female. The WHE program has the most value if your "Whole Herd" is enrolled. Reporting on each and every female's production is key to having genetic evaluation (EPDs) and management reporting be as accurate and meaningful as possible.

Because it is a cowherd based program it allows reporting on things such as complete herd productivity and is the basis for development of various maternal EPDs such as mature height/weight, stayability and heifer pregnancy.

Some developments currently being worked on include benchmarking reports, calving distributions, and overall herd productivity measures such as pounds weaned per cow exposed. Additionally, information is being used to develop reporting features that can assist in farm management activities.

Advantages

  • Registration for the natural calves (single or twin) born in the year for which the female is enrolled

  • One transfer on the natural calf (calves) to follow the calf through out its lifetime.

  • One registration and transfer for one calf of an embryo donor dam. This registration is at the discretion of the enrollee of the dam. 

  • One transfer on the female to follow the female in the year it is enrolled. (This transfer is renewed each year that the female is enrolled) 

  • Participation in the International Genetic Analysis, and EPDs 

  • On-line self service available only to WHE supporters

Fees

Enrolment in the WHE has an annual fee of $30/head (payable in two installments). However, this fee includes all registration work for the cow, as well as the following:

  • Enrollment fees cover registration of single calf or natural twins

  • First transfer of calf born to enrolled female

  • Transfer of female in the same year

  • Weaning & yearling performance report including adjusted weights/ranks & indexes/EPDs

  • Inclusion in International Genetic Evaluation

Whole Herd Enrollment (WHE) is due on January 15th annually. For members that do registry work by paper you are mailed your WHE package in the fall. Online Digital Beef users please log into your account and complete your WHE under the Herd Management, Inventory tab. It can be easy to forget from year to year how to do our enrollment. We are happy to help walk you through this - please call or email the office. 

If you have not completed your enrollments/disposals by January 15th, all assessment age females will be billed for the calendar year. Females can not be removed from your WHE after January 15th.

Individual Registration

If you do not wish to enroll your entire herd, you may register animals of your choice by using this registration form. However it is important to know:

  • Members NOT enrolled in WHE are subject to the paying the non-WHE registration fees (depending on age of the animal), as well as additional fees to register progeny and complete transfers 

  • Your performance information will not be accounted for in the genetic evaluations

  • You cannot use the on-line self service

Note: It is of value to report all your calves to the CLA, even if the ones you have no intention of registering. This information has many useful applications.