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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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factory farming (redirected from Intensive livestock operation)

factory farming
(redirected from Intensive livestock operation)