intensive livestock
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintensiveandlivestock
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intensive
adjective
uk/ɪnˈten.sɪv/us/ɪnˈten.sɪv/
involving a lot of effort or activity in a short period ...
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livestock
noun[plural]
uk/ˈlaɪv.stɒk/us/ˈlaɪv.stɑːk/
animals and birds that are kept on a farm, such as cows, sheep, ...
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(Definition ofintensiveandlivestockfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Among farms withintensivelivestockproduction, the possibility increases for contamination of the lettuce during the fertilization process or by the irrigation water.
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Manure fromintensivelivestockrearing which makes its way into soil and water is just as damaging.
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A third kind of incentive could come from reduced access to commons grazing, as moreintensivelivestock management makes manure more available for use on cropland.
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No estimate has been made with regard to the impact onintensivelivestockfarmers.
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I regret that information about livestock losses in fires inintensivelivestockunits during 1977 is not available.
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Let us not compete with products originating from monocultures andintensivelivestockrearing.
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The other problem withintensivelivestockfarming is the disposal of the effluent.
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I am continuing to give urgent consideration to representations made by the farming and landowning organisations thatintensivelivestockbuildings should be de-rated.
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We all agree thatintensivelivestockproduction should not take place in built-up areas and if it does, should not get the benefit of derating.
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One is the factory production which is taking over theintensivelivestockoperations which have been the sheet anchor of the small farmers.
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We are not trying to redefine "agriculture"or define"intensivelivestock".
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The recognition thatintensivelivestockbreeding seriously increases the risk of outbreaks and epidemics.
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The problem we have is one of small farms andintensivelivestockproduction.
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The amendment relates to the definition ofintensivelivestockfarming.
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I shall continue to press for more restraint on cereal prices in the interests of theintensivelivestocksector.
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The organisation of the cereals sector is of the utmost importance to ourintensivelivestockindustry.
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There has been a considerable increase in the extent ofintensivelivestockfarming.
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I have great sympathy with those who live close tointensivelivestockunits.
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There is a pollution risk associated withintensivelivestockunits.
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If capital grants tointensivelivestockproducers are increased, their costs of production will decline.
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