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

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

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

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

Think of backgrounding as a training school for feedlot life: The animals are, for the first time in their lives, confined to a pen.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan