Intensive farming

thumb|right|An actively eroding rill on an intensively-farmed field in eastern [[Germany. This phenomenon is aggravated by poor agricultural practices because when ploughing, the furrows were traced in the direction of the slope rather than that of the terrain contour lines.]] Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is distinct from weathering which involves no movement. Removal of rock or soil as clastic

period of high agricultural technology transfer in the 1950s and 1960s

thumb|Monocultural potato field In agriculture, monoculture is the practice of growing one crop species in a field at a time. Monocultures increase ease and efficiency in planting, managing, and harvesting crops short-term, often with the help of machinery. However, monocultures are more susceptible to diseases or pest outbreaks long-term due to localized reductions in biodiversity and nutrient depletion. Crop diversity can be added both in time, as with a crop rotation or sequence, or in space, with a polyculture or intercropping. Monoculture practices have been linked via several pathways to

various types of agriculture that involve higher levels of input and output per unit of agricultural land area

type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry designed to maximize production, while minimizing costs

process of treating food and other consumer products with gamma rays, x-rays, or high voltage electrons to kill potential harmful bacteria

American food industry documentary

food manufacturing company

material derived from the bodies of animals

agriculture using powered machinery

food for various animals

modernization of agriculture in India

American meat processing company

process of killing newly hatched poultry for which the industry has no use

paste-like meat product produced by forcing pureed or ground beef, pork, mutton, turkey or chicken, under high pressure through a sieve or similar device to separate the bone from the edible meat tissue

alt=|thumb|350x350px|Beef cattle in a feedlot in Texas A feedlot or feed yard is a type of animal feeding operation (AFO) which is used in intensive animal farming, notably beef cattle, but also swine, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens or ducks, prior to slaughter. Large beef feedlots are called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) in the United States and intensive livestock operations (ILOs) or confined feeding operations (CFO) in Canada. They may contain thousands of animals in an array of pens.

place for artificial breeding, hatching, and rearing through the early life stages of animals

thumb|300px|Drafting out culled sheep

2009 essay by Jonathan Safran Foer

publicly-traded Chinese meat and food processing company headquartered in Luohe, Henan, China

thumb|A paddle-type mixer-wagon coupled to a tractor thumb|A weighing computer showing an empty mixer-wagon, 0 kg tare thumb thumb|The paddle turning inside a mixer-wagon. Stationery knives are fitted on the side of the tub A mixer-wagon, or diet feeder, is a specialist agricultural machine used for accurately weighing, mixing and distributing total mixed ration (TMR) for ruminant farm animals, in particular cattle and most commonly, dairy cattle.

the whole range of goods and services necessary for an agricultural product to move from the farm to the final customer or consumer

thumb|Assynt Salmon Hatchery, near [[Inchnadamph in the Scottish Highlands]]

2019 construction crisis Netherlands due to stalled permit applications

Lambert and Dodard Chancereul families combine their poultry slaughtering businesses, forming L.D.C.

produced by cross-pollinated plants

trade in cereals and other food grains

international poultry meat company

modern large-scale farming of domestic pigs

In agriculture, monocropping is the practice of growing a single crop year after year on the same land. Maize, soybeans, and wheat are three common crops often monocropped. Monocropping is also referred to as continuous cropping, as in "continuous corn." Monocropping allows for farmers to have consistent crops throughout their entire farm. They can plant only the most profitable crop, use the same seed, pest control, machinery, and growing method on their entire farm, which may increase overall farm profitability.

commercial transport of livestock across national borders

specialized container or vehicle for the transportation of animals

closed system enabling year-round vegetable production