A database that helps ranchers with data collection and analysis on cattle performance is getting a facelift.Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Services is leading the effort to modernize the Beef Cow-Calf Standard Performance Analysis (SPA) with the help of a $420,000 grant from the Farm Business Management and Benchmarking Competitive Grants Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).SPA, which launched in 1992, was designed to help cow-calf producers reduce their cost of production and improve their production and marketing efficiency.“The objective of SPA has been to help cow-calf producers achieve their goals by ...