feedlot

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New technologies could place e-nose sensors on the wall or ceiling of a barn or feedlot to measure emissions and allow people to respond in real time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

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

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