An former intensive chicken farmer who spent 26 years in factory farming is feeling "happier and healthier" having switched to 'open-range' production.

The high levels of nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, in the manure make it hard to use it on farmland sustainably, ...

This is because intensive production facilities confine animals close to each other – and to their own wastes. This confinement, which is most typically used for pigs and chickens, allows diseases to ...

What are the pros and cons then of intensive farming? Ask pupils to think about this using the evidence from the film and watching the Class Clip Geography KS3/4: Intensive farming.

The waste from pig and poultry production is about 10.4 million cubic metres per year in the UK, equivalent to 4,160 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The high level of nutrients found in this excreta ...

Growing consumer demand has led to a big expansion in chicken meat production around Tamworth.

France Investigation Intensive farming: the behind-the-scenes story of a French poultry giant’s vast expansion plan After it was taken over by Dutch group Plukon in 2017, French poultry giant ...

Chicken factory farms were slammed by the RSPCA with new research identifying cruelty on a massive scale. Tens of millions of weak and injured 'factory' birds die every year because their bodies ...

How farms have intensified over time, and where Most intensive farms in the UK are poultry farms, our analysis has shown. They make up 86% of the total numbers of permit-holding farms. Between 2011 ...

The poultry industry has managed to keep a low profile while undergoing a massive expansion to supply all the supermarkets and fast food chains (Alamy) The first time I encountered an intensive ...