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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]
Saltwater crocodile farm in Australia Nile crocodile farm in Israel Aerial view of a Cambodian crocodile farm Farm in Maun, Botswana Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm in Thailand. A crocodile farm or alligator farm is an establishment for breeding and raising of crocodilians in order to produce crocodile and alligator meat, leather from crocodile and alligator skin, and other goods.
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.
Intensive agriculture, also known as intensive farming (as opposed to extensive farming), conventional, or industrial agriculture, is a type of agriculture, both of crop plants and of animals, with higher levels of input and output per unit of agricultural land area.
The foundation of Florida’s economic prosperity and environmental vitality is not immediately visible; it is hidden in a vast network of underground aquifers.
The commissioner of lands and immigration became the commissioner of agriculture when the Florida Constitution was revised in 1885. The newly renamed post also included supervision of state prisons until the Division of Corrections was established in 1957. [6] The Agricultural Services Reorganization Act was passed in 1959 and took effect in 1961.
Florida Statute 379.104 "recognizes that hunting, fishing, and the taking of game are a valued part of the cultural heritage of Florida and should be forever preserved for Floridians." Supporters ...
Livestock farming practices have largely shifted to intensive animal farming. [4] Intensive animal farming increases the yield of the various commercial outputs, but also negatively impacts animal welfare, the environment, and public health. [5] In particular, beef, dairy and sheep are an outsized source of greenhouse gas emissions from ...