LA 110 Vocabulary

segregated swine facilities where an entire group stays together from weaning until leaving the facility.

• all-in all-out
• Contract
• Extinct
• Consolidation

a building where large numbers of livestock are housed or fed.

• multiple-site production
• confinement facility
• Packer
• Input

something which is uniform in quality and appearance.

• niche market
• Export
• confinement facility
• Consistency

putting more animals into a smaller space; can also refer to combining small farms or companies into larger farms or companies.

• Organic
• Input
• Consolidation
• Contract

an agreement between two parties that something will or will not happen. It may be written or oral and specifies the rights and responsibilities of each party.

• Packer
• Contract
• Input
• Export

a sale from a producer directly to the consumer; also called on-farm marketing.

• segregated production
• Packer
• Contract
• direct sale

to produce different kinds of agricultural products, such as a combination of crop and/or livestock enterprises

• Diversified
• Consolidation
• Packer
• All-in All-out

to sell or trade goods in another country.

• Contract
• Export
• Consolidation
• Input

a species that is no longer in existence

• confinement facility
• Extinct
• Export
• multiple-site production

defined by the Livestock Conservancy as a breed meeting three criteria: 1) a true genetic breed which reproduces to type, 2) endangered or on the recovering list and 3) a long-established history in the United States (since 1925) or globally endangered; also called a heritage breed.

• Export
• Packer
• Extinct
• Heirloom