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Here’s what the data reveal about the country’s factory farm hotbed.
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AI Is Coming to Factory Farms. Will It Help the Animals or Just the Industry?
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Egg companies that received hundreds of millions of dollars in bird flu payments are ordered to settle for a fraction of the price.
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Cow Manure Could Be the Next Data Center Fuel
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