Beef Cattle Workshop Set
From Texas Cooperative Extension Service
With the current factors affecting the cattle industry, it is imperative that cow-calf producers know how their operations are performing from both a production and financial standpoint. To assist ranchers in this regard, Texas Cooperative Extension is offering a Cow-Calf Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) Workshop at the Texas A & M Research & Extension Center in Fort Stockton on May 15, beginning at 9 a.m. SPA facilitates the comparison of an operation's performance between years, producers, production regions, and production systems. At the workshop, ranchers will be assisted in completing their own analysis for their 2001 calf crop.
Those who register for the workshop will be sent forms to help organize their data before the conference. Confidentiality of producers’ data will be maintained. Individual conferences will be held with producers and each ranch will be provided an assistant and use of a computer. It is important to register early so you can be advised on how to organize your data for the SPA analysis.
The registration fee is $100 per ranch and includes software, educational materials, meal & refreshments. For additional information or to register, contact Bill Thompson, Extension Economist, at the Texas A&M Center in Fort Stockton, 915-336-8585.