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factory farming
(redirected from Confined animal feeding operations)

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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.
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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.
A fowl plague: small farmers are the main victims of avian flu--even ... by Nierenberg, Danielle / World Watch
Another is environmental and political opposition to confined animal feeding operations.
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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.
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