feedlot

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Recent Examples of feedlot That's because a majority of cattle ranchers in state operate on a cow-calf model, where a permanent herd of beef cows raise calves from birth to weaning before the calves are sold to other operations, including feedlots. Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025 That results in less milk yield for dairy cows and less beef yields from feedlot cattle. ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025 Such systems exemplify how geography and resource optimization can support sustainable meat production, especially in feedlots. Arturo MacIas Franco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025 In Kentucky, Mary Berry explained, calves typically stay with their mothers for six months until they’re weaned and shipped off to feedlots. Keith Pandolfi, Saveur, 15 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for feedlot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feedlot
Noun
  • Aquifers are underground formations of sand, clay, gravel and rock that store and transmit the water that supplies our homes, ranches, farms, schools and businesses.
    Claire Marks, Austin American Statesman, 2 Mar. 2026
  • His ranch was listed for sale for $18 million.
    Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Here, rather like the Chicago stockyards, thousands of dairy cows are fed in crowded feedlots by a method called intensive and dry-lot feeding, or, alternately, kept indoors in barns.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Many national stockyards and stock shows closed in the 1970s, making Denver’s more attractive but also forcing producers to think about the value of large-scale animal gatherings, Fessenden said.
    John Wenzel, Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • One 27-year-old Tehran resident said a strike fell a few hundred yards away from her house, terrifying her with the explosion.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Akuntsu's land stands out in satellite images as an island of forest surrounded by cattle pasture as well as soy and corn fields.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • We Pekingese are reared on shark fins, curlew liver, and the breast of quail; for drink, the milk of antelopes that pasture in imperial parks.
    Andrew Norman Wilson, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026

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“Feedlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feedlot. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.

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