factory farm

noun

: a large industrialized farm

especially : a farm on which large numbers of livestock are raised indoors in conditions intended to maximize production at minimal cost

factory farming noun

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Even more gruesome are the methods used in the U.S. to kill millions of chickens and turkeys when bird flu is detected on a factory farm. —

Peter Singer, TIME, 26 Oct. 2024 In principle, there’s a lot of sense in capping the size of factory farms. —

Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 10 Oct. 2024 In early 2024, an NFPA expert committee overwhelmingly voted to update its animal housing code, which includes commercial livestock facilities, to require that buildings being built or renovated at mid- and large-sized factory farms install sprinkler systems starting in 2025. —

Kenny Torrella, Vox, 16 Sep. 2024 As her relatives started to fall ill, this encirclement of factory farms didn’t go unchallenged. —

Christine Ro, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for factory farm