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A CAFO is responsible for one of the biggest environmental spills in U.S. history. In 1995, a 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m 2) lagoon ruptured in North Carolina. North Carolina contains a lot of the United States' industrial hog operations, which disproportionally impact Black, Hispanic and Indian American residents. [18]
During the 40 years I, Tom Harkin, served as a representative and senator in the U.S. Congress, I saw up close the transformation of livestock farming from traditional farmer owned and operated ...
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]
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines an animal feeding operation (AFO) in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR, Federal Register, V. 68 No. 1, page 7265) as a lot or facility (other than an aquatic animal production facility) where the following conditions are met:
The CAFO permit was recently released by the DNR, and residents are worried that the local geography, which consists of porous rock, making it easy for contamination to seep into the groundwater ...
Large beef feedlots are called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) in the United States [1] and intensive livestock operations (ILOs) [2] or confined feeding operations (CFO) [3] in Canada. They may contain thousands of animals in an array of pens.
Statistical information on acreage, production, stocks, prices and value is essential for the smooth operation of federal farm programs. Agricultural data are indispensable for planning and administering related federal and state programs in such areas as consumer protection, conservation and environmental quality, trade, education and recreation.
DemKota Ranch Beef, a large livestock facility located south of Aberdeen, was the subject of a noncompliance report filed on April 3, 2023, which the Food Safety and Inspection Service, a federal ...