feedlot

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Recent Examples of feedlot Unlike industrial feedlots—where thousands of cattle are confined to small spaces—the Koufs use rotational grazing, allowing livestock to naturally fertilize the land while maintaining healthy pastures. Ethan Stone, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025 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 One time some of his cows got out from his feedlot up in Gunnison. Stephanie Rivera, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024 Previous research has shown that seaweed helps cut methane emissions in feedlot cattle and dairy cows. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for feedlot
Recent Examples of Synonyms for feedlot
Noun
  • Victoria also plans to help Huntley revive the ranch's Christmas Holly-Day Dance.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
  • At Five-Star Wynn Tower Suites, Four Sixes Ranch Steakhouse channels the heritage of the legendary Texas ranch owned by Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan.
    Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • All that remains of the stockyards is its gate, which includes a sculpted version of a prize-winning steer.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2025
  • The steep bluffs between downtown (which was spreading south from the river) and the West Bottoms, where the train station stockyards and other industries were located, presented a very vertical obstacle.
    Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Rivas' remains were found inside the trunk of a Tesla at a Hollywood tow yard in Los Angeles on September 8 after reports of a foul smell.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The week before, Murray had two touchdowns but only 163 yards through the air, all while adding less than 40 yards on the ground in both games.
    Steve Bradshaw, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Summer is the best time to test the soil of lawns consisting of cool-season grass and pastures.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
  • But if work on Per Geijer goes forward, Kuhmunen said there will be no other routes for the Gabna herders to take the reindeer east from the mountains in the summer to the grazing pastures full of nutrient-rich lichen in the winter.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Feedlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feedlot. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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