cconfined animal feeding operation having at least 1,000 animal units.
Combined animal feeding operation. Animal feeding operations (AFOs) are livestock-raising operations, such as hog, cattle and poultry farms, which confine and concentrate animal populations and their wastes. CAFO is the largest category of AFO with greater than 1,000 "animal units" and is a significant contributor to the pollution of waters of the U.S.
Contained Animal Feeding Operations are large livestock (i.e.,cattle, chickens, turkeys, or hogs) production facilities that are considered a point source pollution.
Confined Animal Feeding Operation. Regulated agricultural facility having more than 300 animal units confined for 45 days or more per year.
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
a kind of concentration camp for cows, if you will, except that instead of starving the cows, the goal is to fatten them for slaughter as fast as possible by pumping them full of grains
Confined Animal Feeding Operations. Animals (other than aquatic animals) have been, are, or will be stabled or confined and fed or maintained for a total of 45 days or more in any 12 month period, and crops, vegetation, forage growth or post-harvest residues are not sustained in the normal growing season over any portion of the lot or facility.
Abbreviation for Confined Animal Feeding Operation, which is an agricultural business where animals are raised in confined situations and fed an unnatural diet, instead of allowing them to roam and graze. This is an operation that is considered more hazardous than an AFO for one or more reasons, such as the number of animals or the location of the facility, its proximity to surface water and potential to discharge waste into that water. 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. Enforcement of these regulations has not been very strict, which has caused many problems.
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation. An animal feeding operation that requires a National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. See also National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit.
confined animal feeding operation. CAFOs are industrial farm facilities with intensive livestock operations, mostly pigs, cow, chickens, and turkeys. They emphasize high volume and profit with minimal regard for human health, safe food, the environment, humane treatment of animals, and the rural economy. ( http://factoryfarm.org/whatis/)
Confined Animal Feeding Operation. An agricultural system in which food animals are confined to a lot and fed a processed diet usually heavy in corn. They are not allowed to roam freely, and are susceptible to a number of diseases as a result. Source
