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

2. Submit a Copy of Calving Record Keeping Book or be a current CHAPS member.

3. Individual animal birthdates must be recorded.

4. Visual Identification Tags are required.

5. Submit Copy of Completed EID Data Sheets to CalfAID Office.

6. CHAPS participation (which requires weaning weights).

7. Report any culls to CalfAID office.

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

Producers are also required to submit birth and weaning data before marketing your cattle as source and age verified cattle through CalfAID.

Producer is required to purchase Electronic Identification tags from supplier of his choice. Producers must submit a completed EID data sheet to the CalfAID office. The completed EID data sheet must contain the visual ID tag of the calf receiving the EID tag.

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 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 office.

• The cost of CalfAID Source & Age verification is $.50/calf record, plus an annual $5.00 processing fee.
• Producers must purchase their own tags and tagging tool along with the required documents to record data and submit to the CalfAID 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 office will generate a report and respond to the request.
• CHAPS 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 program.
• Producers interested in the CalfAID program may contact:

  Doni Tibor
  CHAPS/CalfAID
  1041 State Ave
  Dickinson ND 58601
  701-483-2348 Ext 105
  madonna.tibor@ndsu.edu