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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feedlot
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Federal authorities have indicted a dog breeder who was secretly recorded on video shooting and killing a dog, which led to a raid on her East Texas ranch.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The interview was filmed in front of a live audience in a recreation of the iconic Stewart ranch-style home.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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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
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In Manteca, his daughters both have walk-in closets, his wife has a home office, and his pets have plenty of yard space.—
Connor Letourneau,
San Francisco Chronicle,
28 Mar. 2026
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The redshirt junior finished second nationally last season with 3,973 passing yards and was tied for second with 34 touchdowns while leading Duke to an Atlantic Coast Conference championship.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Quercus in Gay, Georgia, was awarded Best New Hotel Design 2026 by Tablet Hotels, praised for its distinctive blend of regenerative farming and 3,800 acres of forest and pasture.—
Olivia Wakim,
AJC.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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Cavaliere is patient, though, and determined to repopulate his pastures when the grass is ready again.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Feedlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feedlot. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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