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What are the advantages and disadvantages of intensive farming?

  • Need some help with this what are the advantages and disadvantages of intensive farming and which legislation governs the way in which farm animals are kept?

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    for all of you who want to complain about intensive farming dont bi*ch with your mouth full advantages the most important is with out intensive farming there would be world wide hunger if you think this is a problem now do away with intensive farming cheap food the us has the cheapest food supply in the world as i read in one answer one disadvantage is it does do away with some habitats for wildlife but the vast fields planted in crops also supply a food source for wildlife long hours put into management large financial risk are some more disadvantage at least for the ones who had to intensify their farming operation to survive and provide a living for their famlies there are many laws that apply to livestock the epa regulates how animal manure is stored and disposed of you can only apply a certain amount of anomal manure per acre odors yes there are odors associated with large amounts of livestock and the epa has set limits on this also this is for those who want to complain about the odor no one asked you to move out to the country and the landfill where your trash is sent also has an odor sorry i vented some frustations but if you weed that out i hope there is some information you can use

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advantages: 1) Significantly increased yield per available space than extensive farming 2) Often leads to cheaper priced products disadvantages: 1) Removal of buffers to make large fields for maximum efficiency leading to lower food costs and greater food availability to the poor. But it also limits the natural habitat of some wild creatures and can lead to soil erosion 2) Pesticides can kill useful insects as well as the those that destroy crops. 3) Intensive farming of poultry and some other species results in cruel, inhumane growing and living conditions for animals.

Cute sparkle

Intensive farming allows the farmer to easily monitor, medicate and protect his animals. In free range farming the animals are subject to more danger. I lost my entire free range lamb crop to one large bobcat (we got photos). Free range farming friends have lost entire flocks of free range chickens and sheep to dogs and another lost her entire herd of calves. A reintroduced pair of mountain lions managed to pick off the entire foal crop (except one) from a herd of wild horses.

gale hawk

Wow, y'all have it own to the science it is ,but you need to feel good about what you do and how you do it, I'm probably one of the few truck farmers left in our area. When you spread it smells when it smells it grows, if it rains your lucky if it doesn't your hurting. No other industry that leaves so much up to so many different problems ,bugs water seed fuel, machinery,and the man himself. be proud of what you do and try to ignore the ones that complain and then feed their families on those same complaints, Hope y'all have a good season. jack

barryjackbarry

intensive farms stink worse and the animals are usually in too small pens

willywonker

I would have to say that the advantage of intensive farming is a lower cost of production per dollar of investment. The biggest disadvantage is that if there is an "oops" it can be a very big "oops". Of course a large farm is more likely to have the money available to clean up that mess quickly and thoroughly. As far as government goes, states have been tending to regulate very large livestock farms. The problem with that is that if a state sets up a regulation at a given size, say 1,000 dairy animals, there are a lot of farms that set up to house 999 dairy animals.

Bob B

ask your local farmer or green grosser

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