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The debate has spilled over into the halls of the Nebraska capitol in Lincoln where lawmakers are considering changes, like lowering annual fees feedlots pay to the committee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

"Beef cattle spend only about three months in feedlots and spend most of their lives grazing on pasture and producing methane," said senior author Ermias Kebreab, professor in the Department of Animal Science.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

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

At Poky, the feed had to be harvested by machine, transported by train, processed in a mill, then trucked to the feedlots.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan