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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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These confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs), or factory farms, create the perfect environment for the rapid spread of disease between animals and, often, people. Another is environmental and political opposition to confined animal feeding operations. 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. |
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