If you would like to set up a field day or a two day school in your area, please contact me at 208-315-4726 or steve@tailormadecattle.com


I drive to all events

One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results. 

Milton Friedman

Tracy D. Turner, DVM wrote

Steve, I heard you tell a story about alkalizing a herd of cattle which cured Pink-Eye and rid the entire herd of horn flies.

I found the claims dubious and contrary to everything I learned in Vet School or my years of private practice, but I decided to put your claims to the test on my own herd of roughly 125 pairs. 

I've had a particularly aggressive (from first tears to complete and permanent vision loss in 48-72 hrs) form of Pink-Eye in my herd for about six years.  We'd tried commercial and autogenous vaccines with limited effect.  For my test I mixed equal parts Kansas grey salt, Redmond's conditioner, and baking soda (providing for 8 oz of each per head) into an enticer of spent brewery grains.  24 hours later there were almost no flies on the herd.  I repeated the heavy dose a second time.  The next day (48 hrs after their initial dose) ALL of the active cases of Pink-Eye were dry.  I wouldn't have believed it if anyone told me about it.  Since that test over a year and a half ago, I have continued to offer salt/soda/conditioner free choice in pasture (mixed with an enticer of dried molasses) shooting for 4 oz each/ head.  The cows are happier and  look better than ever. I also finally have a calf crop with ZERO eye defects!  Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!!.

Tracy D. Turner, DVM

Crossover Cattle Co.

(918) 536-4421

Adrian and Nathan from Canada wrote…

“Good evening Steve, just wanted to thank you for the eye opening presentations you put on these two nights, and the previous one about cattle. It was so informative, and is such valuable information that I can't thank you enough for taking the time to do these. Your insight makes so many light bulbs go off while listing to you. Being able to understand how things work and what we as producers are looking at gives us the tools to make better decisions for our operation. Like the saying goes you don't know what you don't know! We have started down the path of regenerative farming so listening to your explanations of these relationships in the ecosystem are so memorizing. I'm fascinated by how much the land and cattle can tell you if you know what you're looking for. Thanks again and take care!”

DA from Kansas wrote,

“Steve, congrats on the upcoming speaking engagement. And thank you so much for the life-line with baking soda and the salt tanks. I have 10 salt tanks currently going. It's a full time job keeping up with the consumption but I'd much rather fill them than gather to treat pink eye. One bottle of draxxin buys a lot of salt. The only group that had a pinkeye problem is my first calf hfr calves. Not surprising. This group is eating soda but not utilizing the salt water tank. It takes time for them to learn. I have never needed an enticer with the soda. The cows eagerly consume it.

I feel extremely blessed that I live close to the independent salt co of kanapolis and my feed mill gets soda from rifle, Colorado.
I'll end this now but I want you to know you have my grateful thank you for doing podcast 196 (Working Cows with Clay Conery). The benefits of a saltwater tank and free choice soda are life changing for my cattle and me. And it's not of short duration. It positively influences the next calf crop and the over-all health of the herd. I feel like I won the lottery with a ton of salt and soda!”

Austin Dillon wrote the following after a recent on-farm visit…

"After talking with another satisfied rancher who had Steve Campbell come out to his place to help redirect the future of his cow herd, I decided to bite the bullet and pay for the on-farm consultation. I thought I could not afford the one-day visit. Looking back, I could not afford to have missed out on the opportunity. With a few changes, I believe our herd leaped forward by at least five years. Steve allowed me a new perspective. He showed me how to look at my herd with new eyes. I intend to pay Steve to come back to our ranch for more consultation. If you are on the fence, just do it. Invite Steve out, but be ready to make the changes."  

J. B. sent the following email after the Fort Wayne School...

"Since we all had the pleasure of learning from Gearld (Fry) and Steve (Campbell), I have begun to practice some of the skills taught and use some of their recommendations in regards to mineral.  As I expressed at the seminar and so did some of you, pinekeye has been a thorn in my side the last 3 years.  When I went to the conference, I probably had 30 cases of active Pinkeye. This is in a herd of around 200 or more total animals.  I had 5 completely blind animals.
When I returned home, I didn't have access to everything I needed to completely start the mineral program.  I did have some Kansas Sea Salt, so I thought I would start with Steve's mineral water solution. Once again I didn't have a big enough tub so I used a 20 gallon mineral tub.  Instead of using a bucket, I just put 10 pounds in and stirred it up.  It was all gone the next day.  For the next week I went through 1 to 2 of these per day.  Within that week all Pinkeye in the animals that had access to the mineral water was halted.   Four of the blind animals recovered enough sight to get around pretty well.  The fifth is still blind and hasn't had mineral water (test case I guess).  I am now using a 50 gallon rubber maid tank and I put about 20 pounds of salt in it.  They go through 1 a day with maybe a touch unfinished.  Other side benefits seem to be even shinier coats and the best of all very intense heat signs (Steve believes my conception rates will get even better)."

I drive to all locations. You might find me close to where you live in the coming months.

If you happen to be anywhere along the path of these trips and would like a farm or Ranch consultation, please contact me. I charge $900/day or $500 for half day…PLUS expenses.

To schedule a Farm or ranch consultation contact me at

steve@tailormadecattle.com 208-315-4726

Join Steve Campbell (tailormadecattle.com) for lectures on, but not limited to, the following topics:

~ Bull and Cow FERTILITY and how to observe and measure these traits
~The SOLO CUP Cow: She 1) Sheds early, 2) Shaped like a solo cup turned sideways, and 3) has butterfat indicators you can learn to read. Those animals re-breed more years in a row and cost less to feed than the average cow!
~ Minerals, Toxins and ranch Epi-Genetics: a rancher's ideas to low-cost, on-farm solutions

~ Linear Measures: How to measure and which measurements to take on an animal. How will these numbers help you to make selection and culling decisions for more grass efficient animals that breed back more often.
~ SOIL, Plant Animal and Human health: Diving into how our soil practices affects everything up the food chain and eventually affects human health ... for positive or negative.
~ Profit hiding in plain sight: How selection for animals with butterfat, lower maintenance costs, calving in-sync with nature, fetal programming and concentrating on meat-to-bone ratio with your direct-marketed animals can dramatically influence your profit at the end of the year.
~ Live animal demonstration where possible.
~ YOUR QUESTIONS