1.  Yearly Updated Cowherd Inventory — Members will have an opportunity to update their cowherd inventory each year.  There are two enrollment periods in which an inventory can be updated and are dependent on calving season.

• Spring calving herds will update inventories in Fall of previous year (Oct 15-Dec 15)
• Fall calving herds will update their inventories in late spring of current enrollment year (April 15-June 15)

• Spring calving season is from January 1 to June 30
• Fall calving season is from July 1 to December 31

If your calving season overlaps these dates, then please determine your calving season to the best of your ability.

Cows can be moved from Spring to Fall or Fall to Spring by using an enrollment code of a 2 or 3. 

Removal Codes — When a cow is removed from your herd a reason for her removal is required, use codes (60-82).  Removal of cows from your herd is done once a year when updating the season the cow was enrolled in for the previous year.

4.  Productivity Record — A productivity record on every cow in your herd for the enrollment year is required.  This record can be the reporting of a calf or updating the dam’s Productivity (codes located on the calf data standard codes sheet).  Cows that came up open for the year, aborted a calf, or had a stillborn calf will need to be reported to ASA using the appropriate Productivity code.