Huge rise in factory-style dairy farming of ‘battery cows’ in UK as costs rise
Investigation finds number of dairy farms where cows cannot go outside has more than doubled since 2015 There has been a huge rise in factory-style dairy farming of “battery cows” in the UK as farmers struggle with increasing costs and face selling milk at a loss. The number of intensive dairy farms that permanently confine some of their cattle indoors has more than doubled in the past 10 years, an investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (BIJ) has found. Data suggests there are n
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Explosion du nombre de fermes laitières intensives « en batterie » au Royaume-Uni
Le nombre de fermes laitières confinant leurs vaches en permanence a doublé en dix ans au Royaume-Uni, poussé par la hausse des coûts de production. Ces méga-fermes échappent à la...