feedlot

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Lapaseotes was accused of not having a bill of sale for about 460 of her own calves before moving them from her ranch to her family’s feedlot, one of the largest in Nebraska.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Mexico sends about a million calves across the border each year to Texas feedlots—about 3% of the U.S. total.

From The Wall Street Journal

For cattlemen and feedlot operators in Nebraska, the concern is that having one less large buyer of their livestock could hurt the prices they are paid.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Beef cattle spend only about three months in feedlots and spend most of their lives grazing on pasture and producing methane," said senior author Ermias Kebreab, professor in the Department of Animal Science.

From Science Daily