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Recent Examples of stockyardThe 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 Mexican migrants began arriving to work in the city’s stockyards and meatpacking plants as early as the mid-1800s.—New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 All that remains of the stockyards is its gate, which includes a sculpted version of a prize-winning steer.—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025 An agreement with Armour and Swift brought in two of the nation's largest meatpackers, who constructed modern plants adjacent to the stockyards.—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for stockyard
Experts speculated that dry-lot cows can’t sweat as freely as free-range cows, and that weather and feedlot conditions contributed to deadly heat exhaustion.
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Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
An increase in beef imports from Brazil, like President Donald Trump encouraged last week by slashing tariffs on the South American country, may help insulate consumers while ranchers and feedlots struggle with high costs and falling prices.
The seven-time Oscar nominee, known for his performances in two Godfather films, Apocalypse Now, The Great Santini, Lonesome Dove and The Apostle, died Sunday at home on his Virginia ranch, his wife, Luciana, announced.
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Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Feb. 2026
Ronald Reagan President Ronald Reagan favored straightforward American cooking, including steak served at his California ranch, Rancho del Cielo.