<page_title> Concentrated animal feeding operation </page_title> <section_title> Definition </section_title> <table> <cell> cattle or cow/calf pairs <col_header> Animal Sector </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1,000 or more <col_header> Large CAFOs </col_header> </cell> <cell> 300–999 <col_header> Medium CAFOs </col_header> </cell> <cell> less than 300 <col_header> Small CAFOs </col_header> </cell> </table>
Large CAFOs have 1,000 or more cattle, medium CAFOs can have between 300–999 cattle and small CAFOs have no more than 300 cattle.