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Concentrated animal feeding operation. In animal husbandry, a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is an intensive animal feeding operation (AFO) in which over 1,000 animal units are confined for over 45 days a year. An animal unit is the equivalent of 1,000 pounds of ...
A feedlot or feed yard is a type of animal feeding operation (AFO) which is used in intensive animal farming, notably beef cattle, but also swine, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens or ducks, prior to slaughter. Large beef feedlots are called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) in the United States [1] and intensive livestock operations ...
Anaerobic lagoon. An anaerobic lagoon or manure lagoon is a man-made outdoor earthen basin filled with animal waste that undergoes anaerobic respiration as part of a system designed to manage and treat refuse created by concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Anaerobic lagoons are created from a manure slurry, which is washed out from ...
Brad Wilson, a farmer from Springville, speaks during an Occupy World Food Prize rally at the State Capitol grounds on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa.
We've seen the consequences of CAFOs up close. Let's talk about solutions. Gannett. Tom Harkin and Dr. James Merchant. September 8, 2024 at 10:16 AM. During the 40 years I, Tom Harkin, served as a ...
Since 2002, Iowa law has prohibited new and expanded CAFOs on the 100-year floodplain. The Iowa Legislature charged the Department of Natural Resources with developing a floodplain map to identify ...
Table I-1 Concerns about such problems are particularly acute in the case of CAFOs (concentrated animal feeding operations). In the US, a permit for a CAFO requires the implementation of a plan for the management of manure nutrients, contaminants, wastewater, etc., as applicable, to meet requirements under the Clean Water Act. [51]
Furthermore, agencies with jurisdiction over CAFOs are typically environmental or natural resource state-run agencies, as opposed to local health departments. This is an advantage for addressing environmental impacts but a disadvantage for human health concerns, as the majority of local health issues get overlooked by state-run agencies. [ 33 ]