SimTalk, March 2020

In this issue of SimTalk, Drs. Clay Mathis and Rick Machen’s article summarizes profitable commercial
herds using Standardized Performance Analysis (SPA) and gives real examples of how to decide if a management decision will return more
profits to the operation. Mathis and Machen state the largest cost to commercial operations is depreciation which is heavily influenced by the longevity of the cows and bulls in the herd.