Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Livestock Operations

An intensive livestock operation is defined in provincial legislation as the confining of one animal unit to less than 370 square metres (4,000 square feet). The term "animal unit" provides a means to compare the scale or size of operations raising different species or different ages of animal. Operations of similar animal unit production will produce similar quantities of manure. Cattle in corrals and livestock/poultry in barns generally have stocking densities greater than this threshold.

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