1. Producer must fill out Registration Form and submit to CalfAID^TM Office for approval.

2. Submit Calving Record Keeping Book or be a current CHAPS^TM member.

3. Individual animal birthdates must be recorded.

4. Visual Identification Tags are required.

5. CHAPS^TM participation.

6. Report any culls to CalfAID^TM office.

*Note:  Calves with EID's will be entered into the CHAPS^TM Program.
A CHAPS^TM generated report will be the Document of Record, and will provide the producer with source and age verification data.

Producer is required to purchase Electronic Identification tags from supplier of his choice.

1. EID tags are non-transferable.

2. Purchased cattle must be source and age verified through the original producer.

3. Extra tags may be kept for future use.

4. Nonconforming reports, generated by the CalfAID^TM Office, will identify animals that cannot be marketed as Source & Age Verified cattle.

5. Removal or loss of EID tag.  The EID animal numbering system can only be effective if the eartag device bearing the animals's electronic identification number remains affixed to the animal through the animal's lifetime, from source to slaughter.  If an animal's tag is lost or if it is necessary to replace the EID with a new number, it is important to correlate the new official number with the previous number of the  animal and report any changes to the CalfAID^TM office.

• Producers must purchase their own tags and tagging tool along with the required documents to record data and submit to the CalfAID^TM office.
• EID cattle will be traced to the fullest extent possible.
• Other info:  When source and age verification is requested throughout the marketing chain the CalfAID^TM office will generate a report and respond to the request.
• CHAPS^TM generated reports are provided to the Producer along with a List of Non-conformance animals (if any).
• At this time our website does not provide a Listing Service of Producers who participate in the CalfAID^TM program.
• Producers interested in the CalfAID^TM program may contact:

  Mick Riesinger
  1041 State Ave
  Dickinson ND 58601
  701-483-2348 Ext 102
  michael.riesinger@ndsu.edu

  The North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association has developed the CalfAIDTM Process Verified Program according to the USDA Agricultural Marketing Services Grading and Verification Division guidelines

  CalfAID^TM developed and implemented a Quality Management System (QMS) to demonstrate its ability to provide cow/calf producers meeting specific requirements the means to trace their animals from conception to wholesale harvest. Our objective is to supply the producer with electronic identification for individual animals; CHAPS^TM reports that allow the producer to age and source verify their cattle, and traceback of animals to the fullest extent possible.
  
  The purpose of this information is to describe requirements and illustrate the CalfAID^TM process, producer responsibilities, document control, and procedures involved in the process.
  
  The North Dakota Beef Cattle Improvement Association's CalfAID^TM program has been approved as a USDA Process Verified Program and is in conformance with the requirements of the USDA Process Verified Program of the Livestock and Seed Program and the criteria of the approved quality management systems.

Incorporated in 1963, NDBCIA is a producer-driven organization with an elected board of directors.

NDBCIA's data center is the largest commercial cow/calf recordkeeping system in the nation and processes annually over twenty-five thousand individual cow/calf records.

Data Confidentiality, Accuracy and Timeliness have always been top priority with the NDBCIA in the handling of all data, regardless of source.

NDBCIA is global with software contracts in over 26 states, two Canadian provinces, along with contracts in Mexico, Latin America and South America.

NDBCIA was the first to have a certified software program meeting the National Cattlemen's Association-Integrated Resources Management-Standardized Performance Analysis (NCA-IRM-SPA) requirements and is one of only two nationally approved software programs available today.

NDBCIA has source verified over one-half of a million calves through a centrally organized preconditioning management program.

NDBCIA was organized for the purpose of data processing and the analysis of beef cattle records.

The bottom-line objective of the NDBCIA has always been on sound beef cattle improvements, providing members with the information needed to remain competitive in the ever-changing beef industry of today.

Currently, NDBCIA processes cow/calf records for several breed organizations.

NDBCIA is professionally staffed through North Dakota State University, and utilizes Software Solutions Integrated, an independent software development company.

Each supplier is required to submit a Registration Form, which includes Marketing Plans and copies of his/her Calving Recordkeeping Book (or copy of chaps.mdb file). These items are required before source and age verification can be certified through CalfAID^TM