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2. 'A struggle to grow things': Ohio's drought has become worse ...

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   The rolling hills of southeastern Ohio are prime land for livestock producers. "Farmers cut hay this time of year and put it in the barn to feed to their cattle during the winter months," Higgins ...

3. Feedlot - Wikipedia

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   From the early 60's to the 90's feeding beef cattle in the feedlot style showed immense growth, and even today the feedlot industry is constantly being upgraded with new knowledge and science as well as technology. In the early 20th century, feeder operations were separate from all other related operations and feedlots were non-existent. [25]

4. Farm water - Wikipedia

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   Cattle have a feed conversion ratio of 6:1, for every six pounds of food consumed, the animal should gain one pound. [8] Thus, there is also a substantial "indirect" need for water in order to grow the feed for the livestock. Growing the amount of feed grains necessary for raising livestock accounts for 56 percent of the U.S. water consumption. [9]

5. How bad is Ohio's drought? 'Effect will be long-lasting ... - AOL

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   The rolling hills of southeastern Ohio are prime land for livestock producers. "Farmers cut hay this time of year and put it in the barn to feed to their cattle during the winter months," Higgins ...

6. Livestock feeder (person) - Wikipedia

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   A cattle feeder is a farmer who buys or rears cattle to add weight and quality to the cattle for the meat industry. [1] References This page was last edited on 20 ...

7. Livestock - Wikipedia

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   It is responsible for somewhere between 20 and 33% of the fresh water usage in the world, [57] and livestock, and the production of feed for them, occupy about a third of Earth's ice-free land. [58] Livestock production is a contributing factor in species extinction, desertification, [59] and habitat destruction. [60]