feedlot
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She says that while the feedlot companies are currently selling cattle at record prices, they are having to buy them at all-time highs in the first place.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Experts speculated that dry-lot cows can’t sweat as freely as free-range cows, and that weather and feedlot conditions contributed to deadly heat exhaustion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
Jake Wolfinger has for years loaded trucks with the 5,000 cattle on his feedlot for the seven-mile trip to Tyson’s Lexington plant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Kebreab said that daily feeding of pasture-based cattle is more difficult than feedlot or dairy cows because they often graze far from ranches for long periods.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2024
That is one way of looking at a steer like 534—the feedlot way, the industrial way.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
Feeder cattle futures, the price ranchers are paid by feedlots, are down about 9% over the past month, according to FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
At around six-months-old they are bought by companies that run feedlots – large yards where the animals are fattened on corn and other grains for the final three to six months of their lives.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
An additional 15 strains came from feedlots and agricultural soils affected by herbicide use.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
Meatpackers secure most of their cattle through purchasing deals, or forward contracts, with feedlots to buy them at a set price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
A new business emerged—cattle, pigs, and chickens started being stuffed full of corn in large factory-type operations called feedlots.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
