Usually means: Intensive large-scale animal production system.
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  1. factory farming: Merriam-Webster
  2. factory farming: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. factory farming: Collins English Dictionary
  4. factory-farming: Wordnik
  5. factory farming: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. factory farming: Dictionary.com
  7. Factory farming: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. factory farming: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. factory farming: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  10. factory farming: Wiktionary

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  1. Factory farming (animals), factory farming: Encyclopedia

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  1. Factory farming (animals), factory farming: Medical dictionary

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  1. factory farming: Idioms

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  1. Environmental Terminology Discovery Service (No longer online)

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  1. factory farming: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (factory farming)

noun:  (derogatory) A type of intensive agriculture, specifically an approach to animal husbandry, designed to maximize production while minimizing costs.

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