HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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Question
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CAFOs make meat more economical, but may have some negative environmental impacts. These include all of the following EXCEPT
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high concentrations of animal waste.
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increase in nutrients in stormwater runoff.
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increase in sediments in stormwater runoff.
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increased use of land area over other types of animal farming.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -A CAFO, or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation, is an industrial-sized livestock operation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Iowa has more CAFOs than any other state-nearly 4, 000-but only 4% have NPDES permits. The EPA standard is “both the floor and the ceiling” in Iowa, Heinzen said.
Detailed explanation-3: -In animal husbandry, a concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO; popularly known as factory farm), as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is an intensive animal feeding operation (AFO) in which over 1, 000 animal units are confined for over 45 days a year.
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