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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 ...
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 ...
OPINION: Attending to CAFOs has to include support for crop growers. Gannett. Brad Wilson. September 22, 2024 at 8:56 AM. It’s great that there will be a major conference at Drake University on ...
Smithfield Foods, Inc., is an American pork producer and food-processing company based in Smithfield, Virginia. It operates as an independent subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate WH Group. [ 4 ][ a ] Founded in 1936 as the Smithfield Packing Company by Joseph W. Luter and his son, the company is the largest pig and pork producer in the ...
One of many signs in opposition to a proposed large dairy farm is shown Wednesday, March 6, 2024 along Highway 33 in the Town of Trenton outside West Bend, Wisconsin.
Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan. Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan ( ECCSCM) is an association of citizens in Michigan, who are concerned about the consequences of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The ECCSCM is located in the Western Lake Erie Watershed. [1]
Feedlot. 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 ...
Iowa currently has 328 school districts, down from almost 700 in 1959. Eight counties — Polk, Linn, Dallas, Scott, Woodbury, Black Hawk, Johnson and Story — are home to 62 of those school ...