Concentrated animal feeding operation
Definition

Concentrated animal feeding operation

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Animal Sector	Large CAFOs	Medium CAFOs	Small CAFOs

cattle or cow/calf pairs	1,000 or more	300–999	less than 300

mature dairy cattle	700 or more	200–699	less than 200

turkeys	55,000 or more	16,500–54,999	less than 16,500

laying hens or broilers (liquid manure handling systems)	30,000 or more	9,000–29,999	less than 9,000

chickens other than laying hens (other than a liquid manure handling systems)	125,000 or more	37,500–124,999	less than 37,500

laying hens (other than a liquid manure handling systems)	82,000 or more	25,000–81,999	less than 25,000

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Large CAFOs have 1,000 or more cattle, medium CAFOs can have between 300–999 cattle and small CAFOs have no more than 300 cattle.

final_sentence: Large CAFOs have 1,000 or more cattle, medium CAFOs can have between 300–999 cattle and small CAFOs have no more than 300 cattle.