In animal husbandry, a concentrated animal feeding operation, as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture, is an intensive animal feeding operation in which over 1,000 animal units are c
Smithfield Foods hog CAFO, Unionville, Missouri, 2013
Chicken farms are considered CAFOs and have their own capacity thresholds.
The anaerobic lagoon at California Polytechnic State University's dairy
Manure discharge from CAFOs like this one can negatively impact water quality.
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A feedlot or feed yard is a type of animal feeding operation which is used in intensive animal farming, notably beef cattle, but also swine, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens or ducks, prior to slaught
Beef cattle in a feedlot in Texas
Feedlot near Rocky Ford.
Feedlot in Córdoba, Argentina.