Definition of feedlot
: a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market
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Established just east of Lone Jack in 2016, the feedlot and slaughtering plant currently maintains fewer than 950 head.
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Agriculture would have contributed another $30 million a year through fees on fertilizer purchases and feedlot and dairy production.
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The animals are available for adoption, but most go to long-term storage on feedlots and in pastures.
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Most beef sold in stores spends its last days on feedlots where it's fed grain before slaughter.
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Jimmy lived on a feedlot with his wife and young son, Trevor, in the Texas Panhandle town of Gruver.
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The track and its extensive set of miniature stores, railroad stations, mountain hamlets and feedlots was built by Thomas, who died in 1985.
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During the dry season, move the cattle to feedlots while the pasture is fertilized.
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The feedlot would produce close to 40 tons of manure per day.
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