n.

A plot of ground on which livestock are fattened for market.

A management system in which naturally grazing animals are confined to a small area which produces no feed and are fed on stored feeds. See also dry lot.

• backgrounding f. — a feedlot for the purpose of introducing young cattle to feedlot feeding.
• backup f. — one that is not always in use but which is established to utilize sporadic overruns of grain which are not economic to sell as food grain.
• beef f. — for the fattening of cattle. Many systems are used depending on feedlot costs, feed costs, availability of cattle, age at which cattle are available, value of output.
• f. bloat — ruminal tympany as an endemic problem in cattle on high-grain diets in feedlots. Cause not properly understood and control inadequate other than increasing the ration's content of fiber.
• f. consultant — specialist, paid advisors in areas such as nutrition, health, milling, feed mixing, environment protection.
• custom f. — the feedlot operator does not own the cattle but charges a daily per head rate for accommodating and feeding cattle that belong to someone else.
• European f. — completely housed, usually over a cesspit, often completely controlled climatically and feeding a ration franchised by a central feed compounder. Based on veal calf and bull beef production.
• farm f. — a temporary feedlot maintained on a grain farm and used only when the prices of cattle and grain make feedlotting the most profitable option.
• permanent f. — outdoor, large-scale feedlot utilizing steers from 6 to 18 months of age in short or long keep systems. Feed is cereal grain 75% and roughage 25% although programs vary enormously. Based on utilization of large volumes of cheap grain or other similar feeds such as brewer's or distiller's grains, beet pulp, orange pulp. A popular management unit in North America.
• f. pneumonia — see pneumonic pasteurellosis.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a building where livestock are fattened for market

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mark til kvægfedning

Français (French)
n. - ferme pour l'engraissement du bétail

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gelände, auf dem Vieh gefüttert wird, Mastfarm

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χώρος εκτροφής ζώων (για ταχεία σφαγή)

Español (Spanish)
n. - lugar donde se engorda el ganado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - område för köttdjursuppfödning

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
饲育场

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 飼育場

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가축을 살찌우는 비육장

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) محل تسمين الحيوانات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גדירת פיטום לבהמות העומדות להימכר‬

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