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factory farm

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factory farm
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a farm in which animals are bred and fattened using modern industrial methods
factory farming  n
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Noun1.factory farm - a large-scale farming enterprisefactory farm - a large-scale farming enterprise    
business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"


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Preponderance of disease-carrying rodents, flies, and other vectors: A 2006 study found evidence that flies may be able to pick up flu viruses from factory farms and carry them for miles.
One important solution is a bill currently in Congress that would prevent factory farms from misusing the antibiotics that save our lives.
In Mexico, intensive pig farming is big business, with tens of thousands of pigs on a single factory farm.
 
 
 
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