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Factory Farms Explained

Modern Farmer

Factory farming is a colloquial term, one meant to evoke the mechanized and impersonal nature of the process—although the phrase itself is somewhat vague. A large CAFO is at least 1,000 “animal units.”An A large CAFO is at least 1,000 “animal units.”An To get at the heart of the issue, it helps to be more specific.

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Lawsuit Aims to Loosen CAFO Waste Restrictions in Wisconsin. Even Farmers Are Alarmed.

Daily Yonder

Currently, CAFOs in Wisconsin must obtain a Wisconsin Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (WPDES) permit before disposing of manure and waste. To be classified as a CAFO, an operation must have at least 1,000 animal units (700 milking cows, 1,000 beef cattle, 2,500 pigs, 55,000 turkeys, 82,000 laying hens, or 125,000 chickens). “I

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The Iowa Trout Stream at the Center of a Feedlot Fight

Civil Eats

The idea, the manager explained, was that Supreme Beef would run a feedlot, and Feeder Creek would supply a biodigester, a machine that would process manure and capture the resulting methane to be sold as energy. We need at least 10,000 cows to get enough manure for the amount of methane we want to generate,’” Stone said.

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

Daily Yonder

A few days after moving in, concerned neighbors informed her that Ledgeview Farms, a large dairy farm behind her home, was planning to expand, which included building a manure pit to store millions of gallons of waste next to the subdivision. Over the next several years, Porter began noticing manure runoff in the creek her kids would play in.

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The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy

UnderstandingAg

We had 200-plus acres of stockpile from the previous year to graze throughout the green up process. Their manure stayed at the pumpkin-pie consistency we wanted to see as an indication of a balanced ration, even through the flush of spring growth. The acreage lasted 65 cows for almost two months of grazing in the spring.

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