Intensive farming

• Intensive farming is more efficient as less biomass is wasted by the animals in respiration
• The main advantage of intensive farming is that it produces large amounts of food quickly, cheaply and efficiently.
• Another disadvantage of intensive farming is that there may be an increased risk of diseases spreading between animals due to overcrowding.
• A disadvantage of intensive farming is that the excess use of antibiotics in farm animals for disease control could increase bacterial resistance and still be present in the meat we eat
• The aim of intensive farming is to be as efficient as possible
• Intensive farming increases farming yields because it limits the movement of animals which means they use less energy moving around, so more energy is available for growth, so more meat is produced