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feedlot

[feed-lot] / ˈfidˌlɒt /
NOUN
barnyard
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New technologies could place e-nose sensors on the wall or ceiling of a barn or feedlot to measure emissions and allow people to respond in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 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, 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

It follows previous studies that showed seaweed cut methane emissions 82% in feedlot cattle and over 50% in dairy cows.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

I asked the feedlot manager why they didn’t just use the liquid manure as fertilizer on neighboring farms.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan