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Feeders are ranchers who own feedlots where they fatten cattle and sell them to meatpackers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

"Feeders have never been the issue. They are an important part of the solution," says activist Ambika Shukla.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2025

Feeders have long been a popular way to connect with nature and draw in native species and passing migrants for our edification.

From Scientific American • Mar. 4, 2022

The ship’s operator, X-Press Feeders, based in Singapore, has said that one of those containers had been leaking nitric acid well before the ship entered Sri Lankan waters.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2021

The last time I had stood watching a herd of cattle eat their supper I was standing up to my ankles in cow manure in Poky Feeders pen number 43.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan