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Recent Examples of feedlot
After the feedlot, most of the cattle are shipped to nearby meatpacking plants, where they’re processed, sorted, and packed for national distribution.
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Elly Fishman, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Arizona feedlots and Mexican ranchers are feeling the effects of a second border closure to cattle imports.
—Clara Migoya, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
Cows are seen standing in a feedlot on June 14, 2023 in Quemado, Texas.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 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
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Elly Fishman, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025
Arizona feedlots and Mexican ranchers are feeling the effects of a second border closure to cattle imports.
—Clara Migoya, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025
Cows are seen standing in a feedlot on June 14, 2023 in Quemado, Texas.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feedlot
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Joe Deviney, the county agricultural commissioner, said that so far none of the farms or ranches leaving the federal land has found a new location in Marin County.—
Richard Halstead,
Mercury News,
26 Jan. 2026
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In Strawberry Park Valley, this 15-acre ranch is about 15 minutes from the 182-trail Steamboat Resort.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
26 Jan. 2026
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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
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The American Royal’s evolution But existing as a piece of the local fabric couldn’t stop the 50-year-old American Royal building from deteriorating or make the back payments on stockyard land.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Darnold completed 25 of 36 passes for 346 yards and three touchdowns in Seattle's 31-27 victory.—
MARK ANDERSON,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Feb. 2026
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Barry Alldredge, 78 Barry Alldredge fell in the back pasture of his Colleyville home on Sunday, Jan, 25.—
Steven Rosenbaum,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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And in far north Fort Worth, H-E-B owns 17 acres of pasture just south of the new Kroger Marketplace on Bonds Ranch Road that just opened in October.—
Samuel O’Neal
January 28,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Feedlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feedlot. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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