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September 16, 2004Featured article candidateNot promoted

Cited source doesn't support 99% statistic

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"Livestock farming practices have largely shifted to intensive animal farming, sometimes referred to as "factory farming"; over 99% of livestock in the US are now raised in this way.[4] "

This is probably not true and the citation certainly doesn't support it. The source doesn't actually mention any percentages or other figures for intensive/factory farming so I really don't know how they came up with 99%. The number is also at odds with statements made in the farming practices section of the article about ranching of cattle in the US which is not included in the intensive farming definition. I'm a bit unclear on where/how to get a more accurate number, but for comparison the percentages cited on the intensive farming page would total 29% so perhaps that might somewhere to start? Alternatively, it might be better to remove the statement altogether until an accurate number is found? Also it implies that intensive farming is used more often than not on a global scale which is also wildly inaccurate. Wherowhero (talk) 06:35, 29 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That was indeed a pretty blatant WP:SYNTH violation I picked up on while tracking down some older edits where that originated from. I at least removed the 99% part, though it looks like the whole pargraph could use a look. KoA (talk) 18:15, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Tech Writing for Agriculture

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 24 January 2023 and 19 May 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Leonardo Lomeli (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Leonardo Lomeli (talk) 19:07, 20 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]