feedlot

noun feed·lot \ ˈfēd-ˌlät \

Definition of feedlot

:a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market

Recent Examples of feedlot from the Web

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission alleged that McVean Trading & Investments LLC and its senior executives used trading agreements with feedlots to accumulate bets on cattle futures that circumvented exchange-set limits.

— benjamin parkin, WSJ, "Regulators Accuse Brokerage of Cattle-Futures Scheme," 21 June 2017
Emergency services for the region of Murcia say that 1,036 pigs died late on Friday in the fire that engulfed a roofed feedlot filled with pig pens.

— associated press, Washington Post, "Over 1,000 pigs perish in feedlot fire in Spain," 27 May 2017
Inspection clears waste pond for Sorrento whey The owner of an Owyhee County feedlot’s dirt pit will stop storing whey byproduct from the Sorrento Lactalis cheese plant in Nampa.

— idahostatesman, "Catch up on Idaho business news: May 2017," 16 May 2017
Inspection clears waste pond for Sorrento whey The owner of an Owyhee County feedlot’s dirt pit will stop storing whey byproduct from the Sorrento Lactalis cheese plant in Nampa.

— idahostatesman, "Catch up on Idaho business news: May 2017," 16 May 2017
Stretching across miles of pastures and feedlots north of Greeley, Colorado, the complex is home to more than 15,000 cows, making it more than a hundred times the size of a typical organic herd.

— peter whoriskey, kansascity.com, "Why your milk may not be truly organic," 8 May 2017
In the late 1990s, there was still a feedlot operating just east of Greeley.

— greeley tribune, The Denver Post, "Greeley odor complaints hit record low in 2016," 5 Feb. 2017
Now, as those cattle have come into maturity and are entering feedlots and the market at large, there has been another dip in cattle prices.

— max siegelbaum, The Denver Post, "National Western Stock Show feeds the largest U.S. agricultural industry: cattle," 22 Jan. 2017
Most of the beef on Crowd Cow and similar websites is grass-fed, which research has shown has higher levels of healthful omega-3 fatty acids than meat from animals raised on feedlots.

— nick wingfield, New York Times, "Grass-Fed Beef, Sold One Cow at a Time," 17 Jan. 2017

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