Factory farming has produced large amounts of food at low-cost. In 1970 the top five beef packers controlled 25% of the market, today the top four controls more than 80%. Industries have change, there are fewer people controlling the meat industries. It is not like when the farmers had small tractors and old fashion methods, where they can no longer compete with the practice of factory farming. Small family farms now have almost become obsolete. Small family farms would allow cattle to graze the grassland. Farms produce too much toxic waste, which pollutes watercourses. And the overuse of antibiotics has resulted in the growth of germs. Factory farming is essentially farming Industrialized. The operation can produce food in high volume; they are not worried about the environment, animal welfare, or food safety. Most factory farms have animals living in horrifying conditions, and are restrained in dark over crowded buildings. Chickens sometimes ten at a time are crammed in cages a size of a file cabinet drawer and have their beaks removed to keep them from fighting with the other chickens. .
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Not all factory farmers are bad. It is the farmer's personal preference, whether indoors or outdoors how he or she chooses to house their animals. It does not necessarily mean if an animal is raised outdoors it will receive better care. With the finest temperature conditions, which are regulated through high tech temperature control systems, poultry can be raised indoors. There is High-quality feed and clean water is immediately accessible. Chicken and turkeys are with care selected to grow well in today's facilities. Theses bird's are healthier and are fast growing stock than birds were a few years ago. When raising poultry outside the chances of bacteria, disease increases, and it opens doors to many predators. The first part of cattle's lives are grazing on pasture, they are grass fed.