Gargantuan feedlot telegraphs woes for cattle and the environment

By: Bill Beachly

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: September 30, 2026

Words: 790

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 4 days ago

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I was just reading about a feedlot in Nebraska, near where that state meets Kansas and Colorado. It is set to become the largest in the country, holding in one square mile up to 150,000 head — as many cattle as were driven here in 1886 during the peak of the great drives.

After reading that I did some math. One cow slaughtered yields about 550 pounds of beef, or about a quarter of …

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