: a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market
Examples of feedlot in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebNothing would shrink the American appetite for meat more quickly than if more people could visit feedlots, or kill floors in a slaughterhouse.—Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024 Ranchers who kept their cattle concentrated in feedlots and dairy farms may be less affected, Miller anticipated.—Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2024 Although the Panhandle has more than 85% of the state’s herd, most are in feedlots and dairies that were not damaged.—Sean Murphy, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2024 Vast cattle feedlots, chickens crowded in cages and heavy use of chemicals have come under criticism from environmental advocates and consumers.—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023 According to a government report released in September, officials have inspected 500,000 cattle at livestock sales, dairy farms, feedlots, and ranches in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Florida since 2016 for evidence of vampire bat wounds.—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023 Buckeye was founded as an agricultural colony in the late nineteenth century, and the portion of the city nearest the Gila River is still dominated by feedlots and cotton farms.—Kyle Paoletta, The New Republic, 30 Oct. 2023 That method has led to abuses in places such as Laramie County, where several feedlots have operated unauthorized wells that pump significant volumes of water.—Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023 Thus, producers were pushed into intensifying production through concentrated corn-feeding at industrial feedlots, leading to an explosion of the cattle population and an exponential rise in carbon emissions by the 1970s.—Katherine Ott, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2023
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