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1Intensive pig farming — Intensive piggeries (or hog lots) are a type of factory farm specialized for the raising of domestic pigs up to slaughter weight. In this system of pig production, grower pigs are housed indoors in group housing or straw lined sheds, whilst… …
2Managed intensive rotational grazing — Management Intensive Rotational Grazing (MIRG) is a system of grazing in which ruminant and non ruminant herds are regularly and systematically moved to fresh pasture with the intent to maximize the quality and quantity of forage growth. MIRG can …
3Managed intensive grazing — Management Intensive Grazing (MIG,) is the practice of using rotational grazing and careful, usually daily, management to get optimal production. The technique is applied with herds of sheep, cattle, and occasionally other animals. The term MIG… …
4Rough pasture — is non intensive grazing pasture, commonly found on poor soils, especially in hilly areas, throughout the world.External links* [http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/hillplan/examples.html Hill Plan Examples] , Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland …
5zero grazing — intensive farming of cattle The animals are confined to a barn or yard instead of being put out to pasture: Heifer Project International is now pushing Zero Grazing , a euphemism for factory style confinement farming. {Animals Agenda,… …
6Sheep — For other uses, see Sheep (disambiguation). Domestic sheep A research flo …
7eastern Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction part of sub Saharan Africa comprising two traditionally recognized regions: East Africa, made up of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda; and the Horn of Africa, made up of Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.… …
8Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
9Dairy farming — Dairy farm redirects here. For the retail company in Asia, see Dairy Farm International Holdings. A rotary milking parlor in an industrial dairy facility, located in Germany Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or an animal husbandry,… …
10Columbia Point (Boston) — 1888 German map of Boston Harbor showing Dorchester in the lower left hand corner …
