beef cattle
plural noun
: cattle developed primarily for the efficient production of meat and marked by capacity for rapid growth, heavy well-fleshed body, and stocky build
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The trait appears to be as heritable as many other traits that breeders routinely select for, and breeders have already begun incorporating methane production into their selection criteria for Canadian dairy cattle, Irish beef cattle, and New Zealand sheep.
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Bob Holmes, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
The state also is home to about 4,500 beef cattle, the service also notes.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
Thick smoke slows traffic along Interstate 35 through the Kansas Flint Hills each spring when ranchers set the prairie afire so the grass will grow back thick and tall on millions of rolling acres that have changed little since herds of wild bison roamed where beef cattle now graze.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2024
The veal Our Home Place promotes doesn’t come from the dairy industry, but from Kentucky’s beef cattle industry.
—Keith Pandolfi, Saveur, 15 May 2024
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Bob Holmes, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
The state also is home to about 4,500 beef cattle, the service also notes.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 28 Jan. 2024
Thick smoke slows traffic along Interstate 35 through the Kansas Flint Hills each spring when ranchers set the prairie afire so the grass will grow back thick and tall on millions of rolling acres that have changed little since herds of wild bison roamed where beef cattle now graze.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2024
The veal Our Home Place promotes doesn’t come from the dairy industry, but from Kentucky’s beef cattle industry.
—Keith Pandolfi, Saveur, 15 May 2024
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“Beef cattle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beef%20cattle. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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