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Recent Examples of feedlot
An increase in beef imports from Brazil, like President Donald Trump encouraged last week by slashing tariffs on the South American country, may help insulate consumers while ranchers and feedlots struggle with high costs and falling prices.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
That's because a majority of cattle ranchers in the state operate on a cow-calf model, where a permanent herd of beef cows raise calves from birth to weaning before the calves are sold to other operations, including feedlots.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
That results in less milk yield for dairy cows and less beef yields from feedlot cattle.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Such systems exemplify how geography and resource optimization can support sustainable meat production, especially in feedlots.
—Arturo MacIas Franco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
That's because a majority of cattle ranchers in the state operate on a cow-calf model, where a permanent herd of beef cows raise calves from birth to weaning before the calves are sold to other operations, including feedlots.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
That results in less milk yield for dairy cows and less beef yields from feedlot cattle.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
Such systems exemplify how geography and resource optimization can support sustainable meat production, especially in feedlots.
—Arturo MacIas Franco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feedlot
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State and county authorities took possession of dozens of bison from a private ranch in northwestern Colorado on Saturday and expect to charge the owner with multiple counts of cruelty to animals.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
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The images focus on ranch workers who actually still work, some on precision, horse-riding teams that continue to perform in rodeos that stick around year after year.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
18 May 2026
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Here, rather like the Chicago stockyards, thousands of dairy cows are fed in crowded feedlots by a method called intensive and dry-lot feeding, or, alternately, kept indoors in barns.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Many national stockyards and stock shows closed in the 1970s, making Denver’s more attractive but also forcing producers to think about the value of large-scale animal gatherings, Fessenden said.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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But with writing feeling like less of a career option than ever, continuing to run the supply yard seemed to be my only choice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Madrigal flicked a slick pass back to a charging Mukhtar for the finish from the right corner of the six-yard box in the 13th minute.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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In an email, Murphy said he was inspired to create the book while in France, seeing old race cars literally being put out to pasture.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
8 May 2026
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Waves of silicon, metal, and concrete would spoil views of Sardinia’s stunning beaches, rugged mountains, ancient pastures, and idyllic medieval villages, after all.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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“Feedlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feedlot. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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