Standardized Performance Analysis Workshop Slated in May

Writers: Tim W. McAlavy, (806) 746-6101, email: t-mcalavy@tamu.edu
Contact: Stan Bevers, (940) 552-9941, email:s-bevers@tamu.edu

VERNON – Rolling Plains cow-calf operators can gauge their production and financial performance at a May 8-9
Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) workshop at the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center here, said
a Texas A&M University economist.

“In today’s cattle industry, it is imperative cow-calf operators know how their operation is performing. The goal of
this workshop is to help cow-calf operators determine their current financial and production benchmarks,” said
Stan Bevers, Texas Agricultural Extension Service economist. “This is a working workshop. We will help
participants generate and complete their own performance analyses.”

The workshop begins at 9 a.m. each day. Registration costs $150 per ranch or operation, and includes educational
materials, software meals and refreshments.

“SPA lets ranchers compare their operation’s performance between years, to that of other producers or operations,
by production region and across production systems,” Bevers added. “This workshop will enable ranchers to
complete a SPA for their 2000 calf crop.

“Those who register will receive all the forms they need to organize their production and financial data before the
workshop. All of this data remains confidential. We will provide an assistant and a computer to help each
participant generate their own SPA. We also will hold individual conferences with each participant to interpret the
results of their SPA.

“It is important to register early, so we can advise you on how to organize the production and financial data
necessary for your analysis,” Bevers said.

To register, or to obtain more information on the workshop, contact Bevers at (940) 552-9941.