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  2. Intensive animal farming - Wikipedia

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    Cattle are domesticated ungulates, a member of the family Bovidae, in the subfamily Bovinae, and descended from the aurochs (Bos primigenius). [55] They are raised as livestock for their flesh (called beef and veal), dairy products (milk), leather and as draught animals. As of 2009–2010 it is estimated that there are 1.3–1.4 billion head of ...

  3. Subsistence agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Coping measures in response to variable climates can include reducing daily food consumption and selling livestock to compensate for the decreased productivity. These responses often threaten the future of household farms in the following seasons as many farmers will sell draft animals used for labor and will also consume seeds saved for ...

  4. Mama Cow's Determination to Love and Protect Stillborn Calf ...

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    So we understand why it was so hard for one farmer in Arkansas to watch her cow grieve her stillborn calf. ... Grafting is one way that people who raise livestock help this process along. This is ...

  5. 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.

  6. We need a farm bill that boosts farmers and the Earth, not ...

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    Congress should adopt the Senate’s text of the farm bill, not the one that vested interests have coaxed out of the House Agriculture Committee. Jim Turner is retired and a member of Sierra Club ...

  7. Climate-smart agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Climate-smart agriculture works as an integrated approach to managing land. This approach helps farmers to adapt their agricultural methods (for raising livestock and crops) to the effects of climate change. [2] The most effective approach to enhancing climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is to involve the relevant organizations and government.

  8. Pig farming - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Sheep farming - Wikipedia

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    Sheep farming in Namibia (2017). According to the FAOSTAT database of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the top five countries by number of head of sheep (average from 1993 to 2013) were: mainland China (146.5 million head), Australia (101.1 million), India (62.1 million), Iran (51.7 million), and the former Sudan (46.2 million). [2]

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