factory farming

System of modern animal farming designed to yield the most meat, milk, and eggs in the least amount of time and space possible. The term, descriptive of standard farming practice in the U.S., is frequently used by animal-rights activists, who maintain that animal-protection measures routinely ignore farm animals. Animals are often fed growth hormones, sprayed with pesticides, and fed antibiotics to mitigate the problems of infestation and disease that are exacerbated by crowded living conditions. Chickens spend their lives crowded into small cages, often so tightly that they cannot turn around; the cages are stacked in high batteries, and the length of “day” and “night” are artificially controlled to maximize egg laying. Veal calves are virtually immobilized in narrow stalls for their entire lives. These and numerous other practices have long been decried by critics.

factory farming [′fak·trē ‚fär·miŋ]

(agriculture)

Raising livestock indoors under conditions of extremely restricted mobility.

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Australian research on the issue has been scarce, despite EDCs being identified in discharges from intensive livestock operations, wastewater treatment plants and paper mills, and in runoff from pesticide- or manure-laden farmlands.

Targeting endocrine disruptors in Australia's waterways by McIntosh, Tuppy / Ecos

Intensive livestock operations, health, and quality of life among eastern North Carolina residents.

Community health and socioeconomic issues surrounding concentrated ... by Thorne, Peter S. / Environmental Health Perspectives

Here was the solution to a major waste management challenge facing intensive livestock operations (ILOs).

Clear-Green for clean energy by SaskBusiness

Intensification of Agriculture

Intensification of Function