BVDFree will recognize the CHeCS accredited BVD herd status from the time of launch on July 1, 2016. BVDFree will not assign herd status directly to herds until they have completed their year 2 of testing to show BVD virus is not circulating in the herd. The earliest date at which BVDFree would assign a herd status, therefore, is July 1, 2017.