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feedlot

[feed-lot] / ˈfidˌlɒt /
NOUN
barnyard
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And they soon embraced mechanized milking and the feedlot model to up their yield.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

Lapaseotes was accused of not having a bill of sale for about 460 of her own calves before moving them from her ranch to her family’s feedlot, one of the largest in Nebraska.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

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

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

These days Joe got a lot of his meat precut and packaged from the feedlot up in La Jara, Colorado.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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