beef cattle
plural noun
: cattle developed primarily for the efficient production of meat and marked by capacity for rapid growth, heavy well-fleshed body, and stocky build
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Experior is a feed supplement for beef cattle that reduces ammonia gas emissions.
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
In 2011, the farm switch to corn, soybeans, wheat, beef cattle and hay.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty Tariffs Putting Pressure on Crop Prices
Boyd has been farming since the early 1980s, currently growing soybeans, corn and wheat across 1,500 acres in Virginia while raising 150 head of beef cattle.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
Milliken has served as the president of the Dover FFA chapter from the Lower Cumberland district in Middle Tennessee and his Supervised Agriculture Experience is an entrepreneurship placement in beef cattle production.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 14 July 2025
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Sarah Min, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
In 2011, the farm switch to corn, soybeans, wheat, beef cattle and hay.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Oct. 2025
Photo-illustration by Newsweek/Getty Tariffs Putting Pressure on Crop Prices
Boyd has been farming since the early 1980s, currently growing soybeans, corn and wheat across 1,500 acres in Virginia while raising 150 head of beef cattle.
—Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
Milliken has served as the president of the Dover FFA chapter from the Lower Cumberland district in Middle Tennessee and his Supervised Agriculture Experience is an entrepreneurship placement in beef cattle production.
—Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 14 July 2025
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“Beef cattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beef%20cattle. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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