feedlot

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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

Producers raise calves on pastures until they are old enough to be sold at auction to a feedlot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

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

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

At the center of the feedlot stands the feed mill.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan