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A feedlot or feedyard is a type of concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) which is used for fattening livestock, notably beef cattle, prior to slaughter. They may contain thousands of animals in an array of pens. Most feedlots require some type of governmental permit and must have plans in place to deal with the large amount of waste that is generated.
Prior to entering a feedlot, cattle spend most of their life grazing on rangeland or on immature fields of grain such as wheat pasture. Once cattle obtain an entry-level weight, about 650 pounds (300 kg), they are transferred to a feedlot to be fed a specialized diet which may be made up of hay, corn, sorghum, various other grains, by-products of food processing, such as sugar beet waste, molasses, soybean meal, or cottonseed meal, and minerals. Feedlot diets are usually very dense in food energy, to encourage the deposition of fat, or marbling, in the animal's muscles; this fat is desirable as it leads to 'juiciness' in the resulting meat. The animal may gain an additional 400 pounds (180 kg) while at the feedlot.
Once cattle are fattened up to their finished weight, the cattle are transported to a slaughterhouse.
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@NYFarmer Now feedlots are responsible for low milk prices?
iTweetMeat (Chris Raines) Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:05:26 -0000
@NYFarmer Now feedlots are responsible for low milk prices?
@TroyHadrick My hat is off to you and others who raise the cows; we all thank you for that. It's the feedlots where things go wrong.
jpickett1968 (jpickett1968) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:37:53 -0000
@TroyHadrick My hat is off to you and others who raise the cows; we all thank you for that. It's the feedlots where things go wrong.
Must be feedlots around Barstow, smells like Amarillo. Stayed at CA Inn last night, refurb rooms, clean & spacious, inexpensive, 3 stars
stangranberg (Stan Granberg) Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:59:19 -0000
Must be feedlots around Barstow, smells like Amarillo. Stayed at CA Inn last night, refurb rooms, clean & spacious, inexpensive, 3 stars
Store advertises"100% grass fed"yet sends beef to feedlots. Contrary to footnote p.168 #InDefenseOfFood @PollanNews #traderjoes #wholefoods
letitride2 (Paul S. Cohen) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:20:50 -0000
Store advertises"100% grass fed"yet sends beef to feedlots. Contrary to footnote p.168 #InDefenseOfFood @PollanNews #traderjoes #wholefoods
Store advertises"100% grass fed"yet sends beef to feedlots. Contrary to footnote p.168 #InDefenseOfFood @PollanNews @traderjoes @wholefoods
letitride2 (Paul S. Cohen) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:13:41 -0000
Store advertises"100% grass fed"yet sends beef to feedlots. Contrary to footnote p.168 #InDefenseOfFood @PollanNews @traderjoes @wholefoods
Driving by these cow feedlots in New Mexico is making me want to go back to being vegan :-(
amelapay (pjsw) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:51:05 -0000
Driving by these cow feedlots in New Mexico is making me want to go back to being vegan :-(
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