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Factory Farms Explained

Modern Farmer

A large CAFO is at least 1,000 “animal units.”An An animal unit is roughly 1,000 lbs of live animal so to be classified as a large CAFO an operation would need to have at least: Or combinations of all types of animals totaling 1,000 animal units. Photography via Shutterstock.

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Wisconsin Towns Are Trying to Limit CAFO Growth. Big Dairy Is Fighting Back

Daily Yonder

Many of the dairy farms that have sued municipal and state governments are represented by Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, a national law firm that helped craft state statutes to weaken local control over agriculture. A mural inside the Brown County courthouse depicts agriculture as one of Wisconsin’s primary industries.

Manure 101