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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]
Smithfield Foods hog CAFO, Unionville, Missouri, 2013. 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.
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.
For example, the manufacture and use of nitrogen fertilizer contributes around 5% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. [30] Livestock farming is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. [31] At the same time, livestock farming is affected by climate change. Farm animals' digestive systems can be put into two categories: monogastric and ...
Maceration is the primary method used, [32] but gassing is also used. [29] Belgium: more than 15 million male chicks are culled annually, 40,000 a day (February 2020 estimate). [17] CO 2 gassing is the only method used and happens in two stages: chicks are first stunned and then killed. [17]
Meat is obtained through a variety of methods, including organic farming, free-range farming, intensive livestock production, and subsistence agriculture. The livestock sector also includes wool, egg and dairy production, the livestock used for tillage, and fish farming. Animal agriculture is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.
New report reveals big cats are kept in awful conditions. But the link to poaching in the wild is not clear cut.
Force-feeding of birds is practiced mostly on geese or male Moulard ducks, a Muscovy/Pekin hybrid. Preparation for gavage usually begins four to five months before slaughter. For geese, after an initial free-range period and treatment to assist in esophagus dilation (eating grass, for example), the force-feeding commences.