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Recent Examples of feedlot
That's because a majority of cattle ranchers in the 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.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
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
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feedlot
Noun
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Denton will play Chet, an employee at a major rival ranch.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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Kevin Chalker on his ranch in North Carolina.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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The pressing finally paid off in the 48th minute when Forney sophomore Addison Staats picked the pocket of a Carroll player, raced 30 yards down the left side and threw a perfect cross to Kalani Brundage who was all alone, 5 yards in front of the net.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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But Denys Kostyshyn narrowly missed a header in the top right corner of the net in the 15th minute, and Spokane goalkeeper Carlos Merancio Valdez stoned Kostyshyn from 10 yards with a one-handed save in the 50th minute.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The steers reside on a pasture in Davis, and one day the family hopes to have enough space to keep them at home.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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At its heart is a magnificent wooden lodge—the second-largest west of the Mississippi—with a sprawling wraparound deck overlooking horse pastures and corrals.—
Julie Bielenberg,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Feedlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feedlot. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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