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It contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and pollution, and is a concern in regards to animal welfare and husbandry.
Intensive pastoral farming is a type of agricultural system that focuses on maximizing livestock production within a specific area through methods such as high stocking rates, use of fertilizers, and supplementary feeding. This method often involves closely managing pastureland to ensure high levels of animal productivity. It can lead to increased outputs but also poses challenges related to environmental sustainability and animal welfare.
Semi-intensive farming offers a balance between traditional extensive farming and modern intensive farming methods. Advantages include higher productivity compared to extensive farming due to controlled inputs such as feed and water, better disease and pest management, and improved animal welfare through closer monitoring and care. Additionally, semi-intensive farming allows for more efficient land use and can lead to increased profitability for farmers.
Animal welfare might make it more costly to purchase meats due to regulation. This could have a negative affect on the hospitality industry.
Intensive farming can happen anywhere, usually where there is a high number of rain to keep the crops healthy, although not too much rain to over water them. It is also common you see intensive farming in areas with good soil, and less polution (away from factories and businesses).
Most chickens are raised in an intensive environment some call "factory farming", but is really called Confined Animal Feeding Operations.
Intensive farming involves producing lots within a small area. Feedlot, chicken farming, dairy farming, and pig farming qualify as "intensive farming," but also much of the crop production, like that used to raise corn, wheat, canola and even rice, is intensive in itself because a lot is produced or raised in a small area, just like with the aforementioned confined animal feeding operations.Feedlots, conventional chicken, dairy and hog farms, etc.
Advantages = 1 - decreased dependency on synthetic produce such as fertilisers, herbicides pesticides etc. 2 - OF have shown to have increased biodiversity than intensive farming as OF often mimic the natural change in seasons with 44% more autumn/winter birds than IF(intensive farming) - Britain 2010 3 - increased soil and aquatic microbe that affect overall food web 4 - decrease pollution of rivers by excess run-off of fungicides etc 5 - overall decrease in pollution levels than IF and increases animal welfare Disadvantages 1 - increased labour cost 2 - limited methods to deal with weeds, pests etc. 3 - increased cost for consumers which lower income households unable to afford 4 - although animal welfare standards are improved it has been shown that pollutions by Poultry are up to 90% higher than traditional methods
Because, It is highly Labour intensive, Animal sheds, Storage faicilities for fodder, feeding and milching machines add to the cost of dairy farming. It is highly labour intensive as it involves rigorous care in feeding and milching. The development of transportation, refrigeration, pasteurization and other preservation processes have increased the duration of storage of dairy products.
There is no worldwide ban on sericulture (silk production). However, in some regions, restrictions might be in place due to environmental concerns related to intensive farming practices, including the use of chemicals and water consumption. Additionally, animal welfare concerns can also lead to regulations or bans on sericulture practices.
Animal welfare.
Veal farming has a significant impact on animal welfare and sustainability in the food industry. Calves raised for veal are often kept in confined spaces, leading to stress and discomfort. This can result in health issues and a lower quality of life for the animals. Additionally, the production of veal requires a large amount of resources, such as water and feed, which can strain the environment and contribute to sustainability concerns. Overall, veal farming raises ethical and environmental questions that need to be addressed in order to improve animal welfare and promote sustainability in the food industry.