feedlot

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Recent Examples of feedlot Earlier studies have found that seaweed can help reduce methane emissions by up to 82 percent in feedlot cattle and more than 50 percent in dairy cows. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024 Many ranchers and feedlot operators are transparent about their practices, providing consumers with the information needed to make informed choices. Arturo MacIas Franco, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025 By obtaining comprehensive documentation, the aim is to streamline the approval process for projects like the expansion of the feedlot. Janean Sorrell, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 The brothers run Foote Cattle Company and, by extension, operate five feedlots in Kansas and Nebraska as well as several ranches. Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for feedlot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feedlot
Noun
  • As far as fries go, Flower Child offers roasted sweet potato fries, served with buttermilk yogurt ranch.
    Samantha Husted, Charlotte Observer, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Spend your mornings on a trail ride through Great Smoky Mountain National Park, then come back to the ranch to tackle the adventure course or go bird watching.
    Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Later, when the stockyards were in bloody operation, a portion of the river was called Bubbly Creek because it was filled with animal carcasses and waste that would bubble to the surface.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Mars used the inheritance to raise purebred Hereford cattle and to buy a stockyard.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Arsenal embarrassed Champions League holders Real Madrid in their own back yard after smashing the Spanish side 3-0 at home a week earlier.
    Gregg Evans, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Austin Wells then left the yard in solo fashion in the ninth.
    Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • It will have been born the previous spring having enjoyed a longer and happier life outdoors, feeding on nutritious summer pasture.
    Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The aristocratic matron in question, Lady Hemphill, would often accompany her husband to the Huston estate, located in the rugged pastures and boglands of County Galway, for dinner parties and hunting expeditions.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025

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“Feedlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feedlot. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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