It is time to update your Spring Herd Inventory.
It is time to update your Spring Herd Inventory.

We encourage you to update your Spring Inventory for the 2012 calving season on-line under Member Data-REDS. Up until last year, we have mailed the report to all members with active animals on the Spring Inventory. However, we are no longer mailing out the printed report. If you would like the report mailed to you, please let us know as soon as possible. Inventories should be updated no later than February 10, 2012.
Inventories are meant to be done in January for spring-calving cows. This time was selected because, for most producers, it is between weaning/pregnancy check time and the time they start calving. For most herds, a cleaned-up inventory can be obtained at this time, and the producer can accurately tell the Association the herd they are planning to keep for the coming year. In terms of billing, the inventory you send in for your spring-calving herd establishes your assessable females. The billing of these females will occur July 2012.
45-day window
This system allows a 45-day window opportunity for those animals that calve 45 days prior to, or 45 days after, their respective inventory without having to change calving seasons.
Spring Herd Inventory
11/15 (45 days before 1/01) to 8/15 (45 days after 6/30).
Fall Herd Inventory
5/15 (45 days before 7/01) to 2/15 (45 days after 12/31).