feedlot

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Recent Examples of feedlot Landfill, feedlot, and wastewater treatment operators will also be embarrassed. Rob Jackson, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025 In 1930, Warren Monfort founded Monfort Colorado Inc., pioneering the feedlot concept in the beef industry. Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 6 Jan. 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
  • The ranch also has a full-service RV park, with rates starting at $40.
    Colleen Creamer, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Ranchers ward off new development Hugh Taylor learned his trade through decades saddling a horse before sunrise to move herds across his ranch along the river just south of Myakka City.
    Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 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
  • On the night of Feb. 22, a 36-year-old woman was killed in the back yard of her home when a stray bullet hit her.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But the accord between labor and management goes awry when Mao creates a mosque in the yard.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Browsing and trampling by sheep and cattle also created these pastures.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Rainfall was 53% lower this year than the average of the last 30 years, causing a lack of pasture for livestock to feed on.
    Reuters, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Feedlot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feedlot. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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