Gargantuan feedlot telegraphs woes for cattle and the environment
A new feedlot near the Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado border is set to become the largest in the United States. The facility will house up to 150,000 head of cattle within a single square mile.
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 […]
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