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Confined livestock farms cost taxpayers billions

Posted April 24th, 2008 by editor

A new UCS report shows that confined animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, produce unsanitary conditions and cost taxpayers billions in subsidies, despite the existence of efficient, clean, and cost-effective alternatives.


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