industrial farms
Mass-production food facilities
Industrial farms are large-scale agricultural operations that prioritize efficiency and high output, typically raising livestock in confined spaces or cultivating crops in monocultures with heavy mechanization.
The term often carries critical connotations, implying environmental damage, animal welfare concerns, or displacement of traditional farming: Industrial farms have transformed the American heartland.
Also called factory farms when referring to animal production.
- monocultureSingle-crop agricultural system
- cash cropsPlants grown for profit
- feedlotsCattle finishing facilities
- agribusinessCommercial farming sector
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
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- farmingcrop, crops, harvest, harvests, harvesting
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Kin-run agricultural operations
smallholdings · small farms · subsistence farms · homesteads · crofts
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