: a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market
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Vast cattle feedlots, chickens crowded in cages and heavy use of chemicals have come under criticism from environmental advocates and consumers.
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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
My past jobs were housekeeper at a feed mill, welder, general laborer for a feedlot.
—Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2023
Most of the problem stems from just a few kinds of places: natural gas wells and pipelines, cattle feedlots, coal mines, rice paddies, and landfills.
—Zachary Mider, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
The federal government's January cattle survey showed the number of cattle at feedlots was down 4% over 2022.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
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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
My past jobs were housekeeper at a feed mill, welder, general laborer for a feedlot.
—Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2023
Most of the problem stems from just a few kinds of places: natural gas wells and pipelines, cattle feedlots, coal mines, rice paddies, and landfills.
—Zachary Mider, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2023
The federal government's January cattle survey showed the number of cattle at feedlots was down 4% over 2022.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
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First Known Use
1889, in the meaning defined above
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feed·lot
ˈfēd-ˌlät 
: a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market
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