cattle rearing

Raising bovine herds

Cattle rearing is the practice of raising cattle for meat, milk, leather, or other products.

The term emphasizes the ongoing care and management of livestock rather than just ownership: Cattle rearing has been the family's livelihood for generations.

More common in British English and agricultural contexts than in American casual speech, where "raising cattle" predominates.

Related

feed · feed lot · hide · mineral supplements · silage · stockyard · branding iron · breeding programs · Guernsey · subsistence farming · cow · livestock auction · grazing · weaning · calf roping · methane emissions · disease prevention · bulls

Opposites
agricultural activity type

cattle rearingcrop cultivation

Growing food plants deliberately

crop farming · horticulture · vegetable farming · fruit growing · viticulture

animal relationship

cattle rearinghunting

Pursuing wild game

poaching · fishing · whaling · trapping · foraging

land use philosophy

cattle rearingwildlife conservation

Protecting animals and ecosystems

habitat preservation · rewilding · land conservation · wilderness protection

Family

cattle, rearing, livestock raising

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G