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  2. Intensive animal farming - Wikipedia

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    Intensive animal farming, industrial livestock production, and macro-farms, [1] also known as factory farming, [2] is a type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry designed to maximize production while minimizing costs. [3]

  3. Pig farming - Wikipedia

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    Large White piglets on a farm A Large White sow suckling her piglets Interior of pig farm at Bjärka-Säby Castle, Sweden, 1911. Pig farming, pork farming, or hog farming is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock, and is a branch of animal husbandry. Pigs are farmed principally for food (e.g. pork: bacon, ham, gammon) and skins.

  4. List of most valuable crops and livestock products - Wikipedia

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    Crop or Livestock Global gross production value in billion US$ Global production in metric tons Global production in US$/metric ton Country with highest gross production value in billion USD Rice, paddy: $332: 751,885,117 $442: $117 (Mainland China) Pig, meat: $280: 118,956,327 $2,354: $167 (Mainland China) Cattle, meat: $269: 64,568,004 $4,166 ...

  5. Agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. [1] Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in the cities.

  6. Livestock - Wikipedia

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    Micro-livestock is the term used for much-smaller animals, usually mammals. The two predominant categories are rodents and lagomorphs (rabbits). Even-smaller animals are kept and raised, such as crickets and honey bees. Micro-livestock does not generally include fish (aquaculture) or chickens (poultry farming).

  7. Goat farming - Wikipedia

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    Goat farming involves the raising and breeding of domestic goats (Capra aegagrus hircus) as a branch of animal husbandry. People farm goats principally for their meat , milk , fibre and skins . Goat farming can be very suited to production alongside other livestock (such as sheep and cattle) on low-quality grazing land.

  8. The USDA Suspended Cattle Trade With Mexico Due to a ... - AOL

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    How does it affect cattle? According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, cases of screwworm leaped in Panama to more than 6,500 cases in 2023 from a usual average of just 25 cases per year ...

  9. Animal husbandry - Wikipedia

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    Cattle feedlot in Colorado, United States. Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products.It includes day-to-day care, management, production, nutrition, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock.

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