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, a feedlot owner near Lexington, moves cattle between feedyards in brand-inspected and non-brand-inspected areas of Nebraska.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

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

Grazing cattle also produce more methane than feedlot cattle or dairy cows because they eat more fiber from grass.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

This can so weaken the animal that it can develop a long list of other diseases like diarrhea, ulcers, liver disease, pneumonia, and feedlot polio.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan