feedlot
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The feedlot company is selling for all-time high prices, but it also has to pay them 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
For cattlemen and feedlot operators in Nebraska, the concern is that having one less large buyer of their livestock could hurt the prices they are paid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 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 had made it to my destination—Poky Feeders, a feedlot and home to thirty-seven thousand head of cattle.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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
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
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
I had seen the factory farms and feedlots.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
