Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "集约化畜牧业" in Chinese language version.
Before “factory farming” became a pejorative, agricultural scholars of the mid-20th century were calling for farmers to do just that -- become more factorylike and businesslike. From that time, farm sizes have risen significantly. It is precisely this large size that is often criticized today in the belief that large farms put profit ahead of soil and animal health.
Before “factory farming” became a pejorative, agricultural scholars of the mid-20th century were calling for farmers to do just that -- become more factorylike and businesslike. From that time, farm sizes have risen significantly. It is precisely this large size that is often criticized today in the belief that large farms put profit ahead of soil and animal health.