Definition of feedlot
: a plot of land on which livestock are fattened for market
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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.
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Normally, groundwater pollution from cattle feedlots is a serious problem.
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1889
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