feedlot
Example Sentences
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Not all Wisconsin cows are grass-fed, but grass-fed milk can have up to twice the beneficial Omega-3 fatty acids compared to milk from feedlot cows.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026
Brad Foote, a feedlot operator in western Nebraska with 62,000 cattle, considers brand rules “a tax with no benefit.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Producers raise calves on pastures until they are old enough to be sold at auction to a feedlot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
Kebreab said that daily feeding of pasture-based cattle is more difficult than feedlot or dairy cows because they often graze far from ranches for long periods.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024
I could not taste or smell the feed corn or the petroleum or the antibiotics or the hormones—or the feedlot manure, even though I knew they were there.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
