Beef Cattle Ranching & Farming, Including Feedlots

Part of Cattle Ranching & Farming

Cattle Ranching and Farming includes establishments primarily engaged in raising cattle, milking dairy cattle, and feeding cattle for fattening. This subsector encompasses cow-calf operations on western rangelands, stocker and backgrounding operations, commercial feedlots, dairy farms, and dual-purpose cattle enterprises. The U.S. cattle industry is the largest segment of American agriculture by total value, with the national herd numbering in the tens of millions of head spread across virtually every state.

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