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cattleman

[kat-l-muhn, -man] / ˈkæt l mən, -ˌmæn /






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When the flesh-eating New World screwworm struck Texas cattle last week, the fifth-generation cattleman was ready for action.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

All possessed wealth due to their headrights—and the Osage Tribal Council suspected that a prominent local white cattleman, William K. Hale, might be to blame.

From National Geographic ● Sep. 15, 2023

In Kansas, 65-year-old cattleman Mike Limon thought he had beaten COVID-19 and went back to work for a few days.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

An old cattleman, he had run the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in the 1990s.

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2020

In 1912, at nineteen, he’d packed a bag, like Huck Finn lighting out for the Territory, and gone to live with his uncle, a domineering cattleman named William K. Hale, in Fairfax.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

According to disgruntled cattlemen, the “Oprah Effect” doesn’t just have the power to boost sales, it can drop them too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

The Texas Animal Health Commission also asks that cattlemen closely monitor wounds, reduce biting pests like flies and ticks whenever possible, and abide by infestation quarantines drawn by state authorities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

In 1877, with livestock theft rampant, 40 cattlemen met three hours south of here to cooperate on protection.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

Many cattlemen and agriculture groups have cried foul over calling the lab-grown variety “meat” and have been lobbying legislators to safeguard the word.

From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

West, the cattlemen, sheepmen, and farmers all despised each other.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond


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