A feedlot is a farming operation where livestock are fed a high-energy ration mix of grain and silage in order to fatten them up prior to slaughter. Feedlots do not graze their cattle; the animals are held in dirt pens and the feed comes to them on a truck. In a cattle feedlot, steers and heifers are typically there for three to four months to fatten up before they are trucked to a slaughter plant.
According to the related link below (Wikipedia), the first feedlot was created in 1876 south of Chicago by Gustavus Swift. For more information on the feedlot, please see the related link below.
Grain.
There are no true or near rhymes of feedlot. According to rhymezone "seed lac" and "sheep rot" are the nearest English words to a rhyme.
As far as sustainability, conservation and herd health is concerned, it is better to let your livestock graze or manage your livestock to graze on pasture than being in a feedlot. However, as far as economics and efficiency is concerned, the feedlot over-rules grass-finishing or grazing.
Elbert C. Dickey has written: 'Feedlot runoff control research program' -- subject(s): Feedlot runoff 'Conservation Tillage'
Depends on the age, frame size and weight of these "cows." Most steers and heifers finish at around 1400 lbs.
In a feedlot
CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation)
To the slaughterhouse to be killed and hung for meat.
126 day
From 1.5 to 3 pounds per day.
Possible Antonyms: feedlot, drylot, desert or maybe a barn.