Since You Asked

Heather Lange

director of office operations, registrations & DNA

Assessments, a Refresher.

https://shorthorn.org/registration-instructions/

It is once again that time of year – the leaves have changed and fallen, our children are hoarding Halloween candy, and of course, it’s time for WHR assessments to be completed! WHR breeders should have received the 2023 WHR assessments in the mail recently, as they were printed November 1 and sent out. Assessments also became available to be completed online through the Digital Beef portal, as of that Novevember 1 date. As highlighted in my other article, fees have increased this year. See the table to the right which explains the new WHR assessment fees:

Here are a few quick tips/reminders as you prepare to tackle assessments:

Always be sure you are not using Internet Explorer

2023 WHR ASSESSMENT FEE SCHEDULE

If Assessment is Completed & Paid: November 1, 2022 - January 9, 2023 January 10, 2023 - February 28, 2023 March 1, 2023 and after Pay this amount per head $18 $24 $30

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2 If you are culling an animal (online), click the “dispose/ exempt“ option which provides a drop-down menu of cull codes. Once

you select that code, click “save” directly to the right of it.

3 If you want your animal to remain active, don’t do anything to her; don’t give her a code (online) and don’t write anything next to her (paper copy). This leaves her active and ready to work with for the upcoming year.

4 Be sure to look over your list carefully. Heifers do show up if they will be of technical age to calf in the upcoming year. Be sure to give

them a code “51” if they are not going to be having their first calf in 2023.

This holds them over until next year’s assessment.

5 When you click “Mark my assessments as complete” at the top of your screen, let the program think. You should automatically be directed to your home page where you can pay for the assessment and your membership together once it’s complete. =