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beef cattle

noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. cattle, as Hereford, raised for their edible meat.


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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of beef cattle1

An Americanism dating back to 1750–60
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Two beef cattle operations would be permitted to stay in the park and seven ranches would remain in the adjoining Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

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This is the first study to test seaweed on grazing beef cattle in the world.

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She and her husband of 49 years, Tim, 74, now run a beef cattle business, which she acknowledged depends on a Latino workforce.

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It’s the world’s largest beef cattle population, and that’s problematic; huge swaths of Amazon rainforest have been slashed to create pasture, releasing carbon stored in trees.

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One of the best ways to cut livestock emissions is reducing cows’ age of slaughter, said Rodrigo Gomes, a beef cattle researcher at the government’s agricultural research corporation.

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