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factory farming a farming system in which industrial procedures are utilized, e.g. animals in crates moving past a fixed feeding point at prearranged intervals, battery accommodation, debeaking, single animal accommodation with no physical contact between animals. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The final rule defines Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and specifies their requirements. 2000), there is now a significant concentration of animals within a given farm [or concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO)] as well as an increased localization of these CAFOs within relatively few regions of the United States. EPA has asked pork, poultry and dairy producers to sign a voluntary Air Emissions Consent Agreement, the first step in an on-farm study that will monitor emissions from concentrated animal feeding operations. |
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