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DDN | Down on the Factory

Down on the Factory

The supersizing of livestock farms

For cheaper grocery prices, are we risking our health, the
environment and squeezing out small farmers?

Part 1

The supersizing of livestock farms

• Processed food now the norm

• Farmers blamed for outbreak

• Glossary of farm terms

• Project contributors

• How we did this project

Part 3

Farm faces loss of independence

• Mercer, Darke heritage keeps farming a family affair

• Egg producers face reality: Grow or go out of business

Part 5

Megafarms' costs may be too high

• Legislator wants study of megafarms' impact

Part 2

Megafarm cages target of activists

• Who's watching megafarms?

• Illinois megafarm neighbors sound alarm

• Ohio Farm Bureau keeps agribusiness at forefront

Part 4

Nasty turf wars erupt

• Bob Evans warns production doesn't equal profits

• Buckeye Egg Farm violations among worst in country

Part 6

Megafarm market lures Europeans

• Dutch farmers move into Paulding County for cheap land

Dayton Daily News survey of megafarm regulations
Responses were gathered from 46 states during September through November 2002. Four states — Alaska, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island — report they currently have no megafarms. View results by state
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia	Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland	Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire NewJersey	New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina	South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
View results by question

Livestock farming trends

Click here to see charts showing the growth of megafarms in each livestock sector.

Other sources of information

Megafarm information

Megafarm Information from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Department of Agriculture/National Resources Conservation Service

Ohio Department of Agriculture

State comparisons

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency State Compendium (2002)[PDF: 2.7MB]

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture State Survey (2001)[PDF: 284K]

National Survey of Animal Confinement Policies (1998)

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service QuickSTATS

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