Modern Farmer

AUGUST 12, 2024

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.

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UnderstandingAg

DECEMBER 31, 2024

This requires a change in mindset and understanding that you are looking for the maximum net profit, not necessarily maximizing the number of animal units during the growing season. Grazing stockpile and not feeding hay is highly dependent on adjusting the farm/ranch stocking rate.

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Pasture Forage Livestock Manure 105

ATTRA

MARCH 11, 2024

Under the three-year, $80-million pilot program, the Alliance and its partners will help producers in Arkansas, Minnesota, North Dakota and Virginia prove the value of paying farmers and ranchers $100 per acre or animal unit for stewardship practices that deliver public value through carbon sequestration, greenhouse gas reduction, improved soil health, (..)

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Animal Unit Agriculture Agriculture Acre 40

ProAg

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

To expedite payments, determine producer eligibility and calculate the ELRP 2022 payment, FSA is using livestock inventories and drought-affected forage acreage or restricted animal units and grazing days due to wildfire already reported to FSA by ranchers when they submitted their Livestock Forage Disaster Program applications.

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Agriculture Agriculture Livestock Forage 59

Daily Yonder

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Lots of Animals, Little Space CAFOs, like the name concentrated animal feeding operation suggests, are livestock operations where a large number of animals are kept indoors, raised in confinement, and slaughtered.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 13, 2024

According to the DNR, any open feedlot operation with 1,000 or more animal units needs to submit a plan to ensure the operation does not over-apply manure to surrounding cropland.

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World Agri-Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The pilot program will pay producers $100 per acre or animal unit for voluntary adoption of climate-smart practices that deliver more than that amount in public environmental benefits. According to Thompson, the credit for the pilot concept belongs to RIPE (Rural Investment to Protect our Environment).

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