: a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market
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Chris Casad worked part-time at a feedlot this winter.
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Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
The revenue hit is only the visible half of the story; the same pullback is rippling upstream, into the fields, feedlots, and water tables that supply all that food.
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Tenzin Seldon,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
In Texas, feedlots where Mexican cows were fattened up were hit hard, and that also affected beef supply in the United States.
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Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
But in two dozen recent interviews along Colorado’s Highway 52 — a two-lane blacktop road punctuated by grain elevators, feedlots and oil pumpjacks — Trump voters echoed the president's logic.
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Brad Brooks,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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Emily Cureton Cook,
ProPublica,
26 June 2026
The revenue hit is only the visible half of the story; the same pullback is rippling upstream, into the fields, feedlots, and water tables that supply all that food.
—
Tenzin Seldon,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
In Texas, feedlots where Mexican cows were fattened up were hit hard, and that also affected beef supply in the United States.
—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
But in two dozen recent interviews along Colorado’s Highway 52 — a two-lane blacktop road punctuated by grain elevators, feedlots and oil pumpjacks — Trump voters echoed the president's logic.
—
Brad Brooks,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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“Feedlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feedlot. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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feedlot
noun
feed·lot
ˈfēd-ˌlät 
: a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market
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