Application Forms (downloadable PDFs)

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When breeding and selling seedstock, even if it’s only one calf a year, a registry serves as a 3rd party that identifies and documents exactly what breed(s) and bloodlines a registered animal has in its pedigree. Registration cannot improve an animal’s quality, it will significantly increase a quality animal’s value. A prospective buyer can see immediately which other breed(s) are in its background, and as well as which bloodline(s) it carries. That can help indicate which traits, strengths or weaknesses the animal may have, as well as indicate which DNA tests may be called for.

A Registration Certificate helps with animal identification. It can be used for transport, export, veterinary CVI (health certificates), genetics (semen or embryo transfer) collection, public breed exhibition, and helps establish ownership in cases of loss or theft.

Even crossbred cattle that are less than 37.5% purebred can be recorded (as opposed to being registered) as foundation breeding cattle. This lends credibility by providing important genetic breed information in composite development or for future purebred grading up programs.

All cattle in HCA Herd Books, (Homestead, Miniature, Belfair & USNO registries) receive registration certificates that honor & include their original registration name and number if previously registered in another country or by another legitimate registry. For example: USNO uses French bred Normande cattle’s original registration numbers originally issued by OS Normade in France, in all animals' recorded pedigrees.

Along with a registration number issued by their herd book, all animals registered by HCA registries are also issued international ID numbers. The international ID № is prefaced with a globally recognized cattle breed code, as well as their country of origin (COO), the code for the state or province they were born in, and their year of birth (when known). With these international ID numbers, all original registration numbers (issued by other registries) are kept intact; yet prefaced with the same internationally recognized ID number prefixes. This can bring an advantage when collecting frozen genetics, or when exporting cattle or genetics across borders or to other countries. It can also be an advantage when entering cattle in major shows or public exhibition venues.

All cattle on Homestead, Miniature, Belfair or USNO registration certificates are accurately identified with their true breed percentage as known, with their complete breed composition documented on their papers. This verifies the purity of established and evolving breeds, and assists breeders when managing the genetics in their herd. This also protects the integrity of 100% fullblood breeds of cattle—by never allowing upgrades to be categorized as 100% breed cattle. For example: USNO does not recognize any polled cattle as 100% fullblood Normandes. Read HERE about the introduction of polled genetics into the Normande breed. All HCA herd book registries are dedicated to keeping fullblood genetics properly identified and safely preserved for posterity.

The USNO registry promotes & protects the Normande breed as a dual (or multiple) purpose breed, as it is in France, its country of origin. USNO does not ask breeders to choose between dairy or beef type Normande traits when registering their cattle. USNO does not police trait selection; leaving that up to the breeder.