How to Use livestock in a Sentence

livestock

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  • About the Houston Rodeo The livestock show and rodeo was first held in 1932.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
  • He was born on a farm where corgis are still used to herd livestock.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 22 Nov. 2022
  • In the past few years, a handful of wolves have wandered down from Wyoming and killed livestock.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Wolves kill some livestock and hunting dogs each year as well as prey on deer and elk.
    — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2022
  • And if one of his livestock dogs get out, will a jumpy officer shoot it?
    — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Now, these tiny creatures are the fastest-growing type of livestock in the country.
    — Jacob Knutson, Axios, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Will there be livestock on display at the Harvest Fair?
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The issue is on the rise due to the misuse of antibiotics in both humans and livestocks.
    — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
  • In the parched north of the country, rivers are running dry and millions of livestock have perished due to lack of food.
    — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Scores of livestock and other animals have died in the weeks since the toxic fumes spread through the small town.
    — Emily Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 19 Feb. 2023
  • But, without them, locals had to collect dead livestock and pile them on the edge of town.
    — Meera Subramanian, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Since this is in Cowtown, much of the property can be used for livestock.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
  • Most of them were introduced decades ago to feed livestock, Thorne said.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Weiman yells out in Hebrew to a woman tending to the sheep, asking whom the livestock belong to.
    — Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
  • That in turn helps sustain food crops for both humans and livestock.
    — Megan Stringer, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Without it, farmers wouldn’t have the means to keep their livestock alive and water their plants.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Farmers also let their cows and pigs range freely in the delta, where the livestock overgraze and trample young trees.
    — James Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The livestock below deck were thrown about, and men had to cover their faces as mean, biting hogs rained down.
    — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2023
  • In the Netherlands, the backlash against livestock reduction goals has been fierce.
    — Noah Gordon, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The dressing came from flowering grapevines and olive trees; the cheese, from livestock that adapted to eat grass.
    — Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Wooden poles on the first floor bear worn spots believed to be from ropes where livestock was tied when the structure was a dairy barn.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2024
  • No wonder that in times past, this tough tree was planted on farms and ranches as a thorny hedge to keep livestock in place.
    — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2024
  • People, pets and livestock should not drink water from Ford Lake.
    — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Hay is not a plant, but rather a feed product from one of many varieties of grassy plant that can be dried and then fed to livestock.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The change was the most noticeable in areas with high livestock numbers.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Dogs keep cheetahs away from livestock, which means they aren't killed by farmers.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 2 May 2024
  • At four dairies, some of the employees were reported to have their own livestock at home.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • But the wild dogs are known to attack other animals, such as cats and small livestock.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 May 2024
  • Officials said livestock and poultry on the farm shared water sources, housing and equipment.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Before people introduced livestock into their habitat, vampire bats probably had a harder time finding food in the form of native prey species such as tapirs.
    — Sebastian Stockmaier, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2024

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