Farms Program
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Intensive farming Beef
World demand for beef is increasing more rapidly than supply, which grew at only 2.3 percent a year in the decade 1963–72. With few…
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Sustainable Animal farming
Consumers are increasingly demanding higher standards for how their meat is sourced, with animal welfare and the impact on the environment…
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Livestock production Systems
H. Steinfeld is Senior Officer (Programme, Policy & Planning) and J. Mäki-Hokkonen is Senior Officer (Livestock Production…
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Factory farming Solutions
When shoppers see images of farms on packages of food in the supermarket, it shows sprawling green fields with animals happily grazing…
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Mass farming
Your Gateway to MassGrown farm products, specialty foods, and fun ag-tivities! The 2016 Agriculture Calendar is now available. An annual…
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Recycling of Waste Management
Think Green® - Did you know that recycling a single aluminum can saves the same amount of energy needed to power a TV for four hours?…
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Industrial Farm Animal production
The independent Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production (PCIFAP) was formed to conduct a comprehensive, fact-based and…
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Mass production farming
These days, just about everything is mass-produced, including our food, with large, factory-style farms churning out a seemingly endless…
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Define industrial farming
So many of you may be asking – aren’t they the same thing? In some cases, yes, but it really depends on where you’re doing your shopping…
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Industrial Animal farming
97% of the 10 billion animals tortured and killed each year are farm animals Factory farming is an industrial process in which animals…
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Waste Expo
Year after year, WasteExpo is the industry s largest conference and tradeshow of its kind, serving both the public and private sectors…
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Farm Power and Machinery
Part I: ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE 1. Machine Performance Capacities / Time Efficiency / Breakdowns / Quality Performance / Performance Testing…
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Farm Financial
The financial position and performance of a farm business can be summarized by four important financial statements. The relationship…
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Domestic animals diseases
The study showed that the longer an animal had been domesticated, the more parasites and pathogens it shared with humans. Credit: Image…
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What are Factory farms?
Pigs are inquisitive, and affectionate animals. Yet, hidden away in factory farms, it s easy to forget that each of these animals is…
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Livestock animals List
In addition to those already listed there are a number of other species. The Poultry breeds link listed here will take you to a similar…
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Animals farming
On today’s factory farms, animals are crammed by the thousands into filthy, windowless sheds and stuffed into wire cages, metal crates…
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