noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sheep/dairy/livestock etc farming
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
intensive
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Some have occurred as a result of lime and fertiliser applications coupled with more intensive grazing of livestock .
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E coli is a by-product of intensive livestock practices.
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It is absolutely true that many forms of modern, intensive livestock production are extremely inefficient.
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Farmers may even switch their pattern of production in order to minimize the risks - from arable to intensive livestock farming, for example.
■ NOUN
farm
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As well as looking after the welfare of domestic pets, the society plays a vital role in the care of farm livestock .
farmer
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Small livestock farmers have gone to the wall in their thousands.
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It has large and influential cereals and sugar barons in the north, but it has many small livestock farmers as well.
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The incomes of my hill livestock farmers are under real pressure.
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A second drawback, at least for livestock farmers , is surface damage.
industry
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The advance of the disease presents a grave threat to the livestock industry .
production
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Intensive livestock production would be discouraged, and battery farming phased out, in favour of more open-air livestock farming.
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Thus there is only limited scope for crop and livestock production in Lewis and Harris.
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Research in the department is directed towards animal health and livestock production problems of developing countries in the tropics and subtropics.
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What has changed for the stockman is more often connected with the intensification of livestock production .
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It is absolutely true that many forms of modern, intensive livestock production are extremely inefficient.
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Research on livestock production problems in the tropics is concerned primarily with draught animal power.
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The main farming activity was livestock production so that two-thirds of the total farm income derived from livestock.
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Farmers will need to receive financial compensation to operate many extensive livestock production systems.
unit
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Each extra livestock unit added means less pasture available per unit to the detriment of the whole herd.
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This mower conditioner is designed for large livestock units and contractors.
■ VERB
keep
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In Balance Ever since Stone Age man began to keep livestock and cultivate crops, farming methods have been subject to change.
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The growing area should be fenced to keep livestock or large wildlife away.
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If you plan to keep livestock , the security of fences and gates must go hand in hand with fertility.
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Read in studio A farmer who's been banned from keeping livestock for fifteen years has denied breaking the court order.
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Last year after a catalogue of neglect was uncovered on his Buckinghamshire farm he was banned from keeping livestock for fifteen years.
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Time allowed 00:17 Read in studio A farmer has denied breaking a fifteen year ban on keeping livestock .
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On the heavy sticky clays farmers have chosen to keep livestock .
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Last November he appealed against the sentence, imposed on him for breaking a ban on keeping livestock .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A tiger had been ravaging the countryside and killing the villagers' livestock .
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But to Escondido resident Waller and others, horses are much more than mere livestock , they are members of the family.
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During the course of a year, 1.1 million tons of merchandise and 800,000 head of livestock were dealt with.
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E coli is a by-product of intensive livestock practices.
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It may include land, livestock , buildings, money and many other forms of property owned by individuals or social groups.
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Last November he appealed against the sentence, imposed on him for breaking a ban on keeping livestock .
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Last year after a catalogue of neglect was uncovered on his Buckinghamshire farm he was banned from keeping livestock for fifteen years.
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The drought has affected more than a million people in Henan and 280,000 head of livestock .