Editing Cattle feeding (section)

==Types of feeding==
[[Image:Hereford.jpg|thumb|A [[Hereford (cattle)|Hereford]] cow eating grass]]

===Grazing===
{{Main|Grazing}}
Grazing by cattle is practiced in [[rangelands]], [[pastures]] and [[grasslands]]. According to the [[Food and Agriculture Organization]], about 60% of the world's grassland is occupied by grazing systems. "[[Grazing]] systems supply about 9 percent of the world's production of beef ... For an estimated 100 million people in arid areas, and probably a similar number in other zones, grazing livestock is the only possible source of livelihood."<ref>{{cite book | last=de Haan | first=Cees | author2=Steinfeld, Henning | author3=Blackburn, Harvey | title=Livestock & the Environment: Finding a Balance | chapter=Chapter 2: Livestock grazing systems & the environment | chapter-url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5303E/x5303e05.htm#chapter%202:%20livestock%20grazing%20systems%20&%20the%20environment | url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5303E/x5303e00.htm#Contents | publisher=[[Food and Agriculture Organization]]}}</ref>

===Integrated livestock-crop farming===
{{See also|Convertible husbandry}}
In this system, cattle are primarily fed on pastures, [[crop residues]] and [[Crop rotation|fallows]]. Mixed farming systems are the largest category of livestock system in the world in terms of production.<ref>{{cite book | last=de Haan | first=Cees | author2=Steinfeld, Henning | author3=Blackburn, Harvey | title=Livestock & the Environment: Finding a Balance | chapter=Chapter 3: Mixed farming systems & the environment | chapter-url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5303E/x5303e09.htm#chapter%203:%20mixed%20farming%20systems%20&%20the%20environment | url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/X5303E/x5303e00.htm#Contents | publisher=[[Food and Agriculture Organization]]}}</ref>

===Feedlot and intensive finishing===
Feedlot and intensive finishing are [[intensive farming|intensive forms]] of animal production. Cattle are often "finished" here, spending the last months before their slaughter gaining weight. They are fed nutritionally dense feed, also known as "concentrate" or "filler corn", in [[Stall (livestock)|stalls]], pens and [[feedlots]] at high stocking densities in enclosures. This achieves maximal rates of liveweight gain.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wagner |first1=John |last2=Archibeque |first2=Shawn L. |last3=Feuz |first3=Dillon M. |date=February 2014 |title=The Modern Feedlot for Finishing Cattle |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268154447 |journal=Annual Review of Animal Biosciences |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=535–554 |doi=10.1146/annurev-animal-022513-114239 |pmid=25384155 |access-date=4 October 2019|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mla.com.au/research-and-development/feeding-finishing-nutrition/Lotfeeding-intensive-finishing/ |title=Lotfeeding and intensive finishing |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2019 |publisher=Meat & Livestock Australia |access-date=4 October 2019}}</ref>