The waste, primarily manure, produced by about 750 animals at the Kitzel farm is dumped into the manure pit. An automated system works around the clock to collect the manure produced by the animals into a large pit. ... The animal feed is compensated according to the productivity of the animal. ... In the present area of the farm, there used to be 9 farms in total but now there are only two farms. ... The Kitzels are also involved in farm tours, which help communities to learn more about dairy farms. ...

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Like humans, farm animals are sentient beings capable of feeling pleasure, pain, stress, frustration, and even fear. ... I am personally a huge animal lover, I don't know about most people but it is hard to sit back and watch what these factory farms do to the animals they have. "Birds make up 9 out of the 10 billion farm animals killed each year in the U.S" (Vegucated- the movie"). ... These farms raise animal in tight confinement, feed them grain that fattens them unnaturally so these companies can raise as many animals as possible. ... Factory farming is dangerous, threa...

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As an animal rights proponent, my commitment is to stand firm against the unjust cruelty and inhumane treatment of all animals. ... (Schoen 19) In modern day, the abuse of food animals or farm animals has recently become an issue not only with animal rights activists, but also with modern society. Many farm animals used in the production of food, and factory food products go through horrendous and inhumane treatment. ... A cow's life span on the dairy farm is about five years old, whereas her natural life span would have been around 20 years. ... Humans, unlike other animals, are ...

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They did have a lean slate to begin with, the land was fertile, and animals were plentiful. The first, and second waves of immigrants changed this though, they over hunted, and over farmed the land. They brought new animals that took over the ecosystem. ... America was a land that held many opportunities, if you were able to find land to farm in, then with the help of indentured servants, and slaves you could earn a profit in the years to come. ... Indigo similarly to rice became a very large industry for the United States after Eliza Lucas Prickley figured out how to farm it, and grow it. ...

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Collectitvization was the transformation of Soviet agriculture, from independent farms into a system of large state collective farms. ... So Stalin thought collective farms would be the only way to produce enough grain to meat his need of capital. At first collectitvization was voluntary, or so the peasants were told, when actually they were told to go to collective farms. ... The peasants would slaughter their own animals, and burn or bury their grain rather the let the government have it. By the end of the first 5 year plan, in 1934 70% of agriculture would be from ...

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Inhumane again attributes human feelings to these animals. ... In the meat industry the suffering of animals is inevitable. ... These animals eg; cattle, are designed to eat grass, they are not designed to eat other animals. ... Especially chickens and pigs they spend their lives in artificial conditions of huge factory farms, with no access to air or sunshine and no freedom of movement. ... In the slaughter house animals struggle to escape. ...

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Mechanization, which is the replacement of human and animal labor with machinery that could aid in farmers' tasks, was then conceived. ... In animal production, hormones and antibiotics were introduced to speed the growth of animals. ... With the issue of increased pesticide and herbicide use on farms and the increased antibiotics use with animals, GMOs offer an alluring alternative for handling these problems. Infections that attack farm animals are becoming stronger due to the increased tolerance to antibiotics from their wide use. ... Monsanto is a monopoly and controls all of America&...

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Humans and animals need nutrients to survive. ... Not to mention wild animals and humans need water as well. ... Animals can cause plagues to the environment also. ... But the cause of desertification is not only animal based. ... "If future stress is reduced both by the increases in farm size and the decreasing farm population, it is also being reduced by major changes in crops and cropping practices" (Bowden 1977). ...

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He states that on the other hand, that whites are "in the habit of cultivating the earth, of raising stocks of cattle, hogs, and other domestic animals, in much greater numbers than they could kill of deer and buffalo." ... He advises that every Indian man be given a farm for him and his family to cultivate. ... Upon seeing such an astonishing work, the Chief requested a plough and began to cultivate his farm. ...

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Because the north already had their servants, and a lot of children, they didn't need any servants to work in the farms. Their servants and themselves worked on the farms, while the wives did the house chores and took care of some animals. ...

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They farmed and used agriculture to their advantage which lead to new techniques in farming. ... These techniques helped them gain more food and animals in a shorter period of time. ... The river benefited this civilization by having the irrigation help grow food to feed families and animals. ...

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Inc), whilst rainforests worldwide provide "121 prescription drugs-, "More than half of the world's estimated 10 million species of plants, animals and insects live in tropical rainforests- and " 80% of the developed world's diet originated in the tropical rainforests- (Raintree Nutrition. ... Studies show that rainforests contain "at least 50% of the world's animal species and almost 75% of the world's plant species- (Frey 2002). ... The Government has been offering incentives to its people to move to rural areas and set up farms. ... "Shifting cultivation is a farming me...

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The fields are small (about ¼ acre) and there will be a couple of fields that make up a farm. ... Animals are rarely used in agriculture here. ... Malawi has about 12,000,000 people (about 3,000,000 farm families is what they estimate, but many of these are headed by mere children, single mothers or the very old). ... There is very little animal protein in the Malawian diet. ...

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