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

The Cheapest Hay Is the Hay You Never Buy *Additional management considerations for this article were provided by Kent Solberg, Understanding Ag, LLC Stockpiled Pasture Regenerative agriculture and adaptive grazing often focus on reducing inputs in an agriculture production system. Cow/calf pairs grazing stockpile.

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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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World Agri-Tech

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences received an $80 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to pilot a program that will pay producers to implement climate-smart practices on farms of all sizes and commodities, an initiative that could have significant impacts on curbing climate-changing gases.

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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. Each year, animals in CAFOs produce twice as much waste as the entire U.S. population.

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Daily Yonder

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Demand for dairy products overall, both United States domestic and export demand, continues to grow,” said Charles Nicholson, an agriculture and economics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The state’s dairy industry is estimated to be worth nearly $46 billion, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison research.

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