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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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Idaho has become the first state in the nation to enact a rule requiring dairies and other confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) to obtain air quality permits if they emit 100 tons or more of ammonia a year. Confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) can pollute the surrounding air with malodorous compounds, bacteria, fungi, and endotoxin. USDA developed CNMP for EQIP to address nutrients on livestock operations; EPA developed NMP for its Confined Animal Feeding Operation rule. |
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