feedlot

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And they soon embraced mechanized milking and the feedlot model to up their yield.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

Jake Wolfinger has for years loaded trucks with the 5,000 cattle on his feedlot for the seven-mile trip to Tyson’s Lexington plant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Truckers, feedlot operators and cattle ranchers face hits to their bottom line without the Lexington facility, which slaughters up to 5,000 cattle a day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 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 had made it to my destination—Poky Feeders, a feedlot and home to thirty-seven thousand head of cattle.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan