Satellite images of animal feeding operations (IMAGE)

University of Michigan

Satellite images of animal feeding operations

Caption

Examples of cattle and hog feeding operations in satellite images, which a University of Michigan team used to map the locations and spatial extents of about 15,000 feeding operations nationwide.

Credit

S. Chamanara et al. Commun. Earth & Environ. 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02520-w

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