zero grazing

zero 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, March 1990)

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  • semi-zero grazing — noun A form of grazing in which cattle are kept in enclosures some of the time and allowed outside to graze at other times. See Also: free grazing, open grazing, zero grazing …   Wiktionary

  • zero-grazed — adjective Kept in enclosures and never let out to graze. The group also has two zero grazed cows that provide milk for sale. The group obtained the cows from a church project in 1993. See Also: semi zero grazing, zero grazing …   Wiktionary

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  • Mt Zero-Taravale Sanctuary — is a 600 km² nature reserve in north east Queensland, Australia, 60 km north west of Townsville. It is owned and managed by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC). It is located on the boundary of the Wet Tropics bioregion and Einasleigh… …   Wikipedia

  • Mount Zero-Taravale Sanctuary — is a 600 km² nature reserve in north east Queensland, Australia, 60 km north west of Townsville. It is owned and managed by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC). It is located on the boundary of the Wet Tropics bioregion and Einasleigh… …   Wikipedia

  • Automatic milking — is the milking of dairy animals without human labour.The milking processThe milking process is the collection of tasks specifically devoted to extracting milk from an animal (rather than the broader field of dairy animal husbandry). This process… …   Wikipedia

  • Nocton Dairies controversy — Coordinates: 53°09′13″N 0°25′59″W / 53.1536°N 0.4331°W / 53.1536; 0.4331 …   Wikipedia

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