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livestock

[lahyv-stok] / ˈlaɪvˌstɒk /




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According to family legend, Glidden was inspired to design his own wire to keep livestock out of his wife’s garden.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Over time, they can enter freshwater and marine environments, raising increasing concerns about potential health risks to humans, livestock, and wildlife.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Changes in the cost of livestock products such as beef will take longer, because there are more steps between the purchase of feed corn and the sale of the meat to consumers.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

BEY093 is now in the Owens Valley, a place rife with livestock and elk — likely “a good place for other wolves to be,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

In general, societies that engaged in intense exchanges of crops, livestock, and technologies related to food production were more likely to become involved in other exchanges as well.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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