Meaning Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
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Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation


In concentrated animal feeding operations, animals are confined for more than 45 days per year. The EPA determines whether an agricultural business is a CAFO based on regulations created by the Clean Water Act, and special permits have to be given for the owners to operate a CAFO legally.
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Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation


Also known as a CAFO, these are agricultural businesses where many thousands of food animals are raised in confinement, often indoors, and fed an unnatural diet, instead of being allowed to engage in [..]
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Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation


A confined area for the controlled feeding of animals; also called a "feedlot."
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Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation


An animal feeding operation that confines animals for more than 45 days during a growing season in an area that does not produce vegetation and meets certain size thresholds. Concentration: The relati [..]
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