How Happy are your cows

In late March, I was at a farm in New York. They still had snow on the ground and feeding hay. On prior visits I had talked about the importance of feeding the Redmond conditioner to their cows for detoxification purposes and how much they should be getting per cow per day. In this unnaturally dirty environment  man has created, the cows were  not consuming enough to truly detox an animal of their size. I suggested they top-dress the hay with 4 ounces/head/day for thirty days to accomplish the desired result.

I was back for different reasons in May and for the first time I saw "HAPPY LINES" on quite a few of the animals. 

I texted the owner that I was seeing them and he said, "I need a visual." I sent this picture

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Posted on September 7, 2015 by Steve Campbell.

Fat, Finished cattle with only forage in 16 months

I wrote and article for an upcoming edition of Cowboy Wisdom, the quarterly newsletter of  The American Herbataurus Society. In that article, I was asked to outline the Genetics, Mineralization, rumen development and using our God given talents in combining these tools on our farms. You can go to americanherbataurus.com to read other articles on the AHS website.

From Grass Genetics to Grass Finished in 16+ months by Steve Campbell

Where was that starting point? I guess I have to go "back to my future" twelve years ago, when I first got into the grass finished beef business.

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Posted on September 7, 2015 by Steve Campbell.

Wyoming Brothers with a steep Grass Finished Beef learning curve

I met the Thoman Brothers, of Riverton Wyoming, last year on my way through Western Wyoming to pick up some cattle in Cody. The first visit involved unloading a tote of ACV and a few minutes spent in the corral with their bulls. I was invited back later in the fall to spend a day with them and give my recommendations about their grass finishing opreration. If you watch farm to fork Wyoming Grass Fed Beef youtube recently showcased on Dr. Mercola, you will see that they have been pretty good students of this new paradigm.

They are putting a new face on raising healthy animal protein.

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Steve Campbell.

Reviews from Steve's Red Devon Conference presentations

A friend of mine asked 3 different persons' opinion on my presentation of last weekend at the Devon Conference and all high marks were given as follows..

"New to cattle in the last year, He wants to get a recording so he can go over it many more times since there are so many new concepts for his brain to grasp. He added he wished at some point in the weekend you could have taken him to a chute and spoke  where he and you could have put your hands on the cow. He said his form of learning is better hands on. He wants to lift the tail have you point at the eshcution touch the spot where the glands are, touch the hair between the shoulders, look for the yellow in the ears and tail, feel the soft hide."

"A second person loved your talk, just what she and her herd manager needed and what they came for. Thought the whole weekend was over the top."

"One had heard others talk for years and said she thought yours was better organized and you had several things she had not heard before. Liked it very much and thought you were easy to listen too."

"I think the take home from the three is your presentation was great, they thought you connected the dots well, explained concepts well. For some items they would like to be chute side for better understanding which is understandable but sometimes not easy to accomplish in a larger group."

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Steve Campbell.