feedlot
Americannoun
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a plot of ground, often near a stockyard, where livestock are gathered to be fattened for market.
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a commercial establishment that operates a feedlot.
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Not all Wisconsin cows are grass-fed, but grass-fed milk can have up to twice the beneficial Omega-3 fatty acids compared to milk from feedlot cows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
Jake Wolfinger, a feedlot owner near Lexington, moves cattle between feedyards in brand-inspected and non-brand-inspected areas of Nebraska.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Producers raise calves on pastures until they are old enough to be sold at auction to a feedlot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Grazing cattle also produce more methane than feedlot cattle or dairy cows because they eat more fiber from grass.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024
Before being put on this strange diet, new arrivals to the feedlot are treated to a few days of fresh long-stemmed hay.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
An additional 15 strains came from feedlots and agricultural soils affected by herbicide use.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
The closure will have an enormous impact on the region’s thousands of ranchers and feedlots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
The water has been used to irrigate a wide variety of crops, including nuts, fruits, tomatoes, cotton and cattle-feed crops to supply dairies and feedlots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2024
Together, farms like these confine over 1.7 billion farm animals in large buildings or feedlots and produce 941 billion pounds of manure, according to a report by Food and Water Watch.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2024
But Naylor’s farm is one link in a chain that includes fossil fuels, artificial fertilizer, pesticides, heavy machinery, feedlots, antibiotics, and processing plants.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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