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Title: Perceptions of Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)


1
Perceptions of Concentrated Animal Feeding
Operations (CAFOs)
  • Presentation by Jeff S. Sharp
  • OLC Annual Meeting Industry Symposium
  • Plain City, Ohio
  • February 24, 2003

2
Contact Information
  • Jeff S. Sharp
  • 311 Ag. Admin. Bldg.
  • 2120 Fyffe Road
  • Columbus, OH 43210
  • E-mail sharp.123_at_osu.edu
  • Phone 614-292-9410

3
Outline of Presentation
  • Project background
  • General ag-related findings
  • Livestock related attitudes
  • Familiarity with the issues
  • Level of concern about large-scale livestock
  • Conclusions future plans

4
Project Background
  • Data are from the 2002 Version of the Ohio Survey
    of Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Issues
  • A biennial survey of Ohioans funded by
  • OSU Department of Human Community Resource
    Development
  • OSU Extension, OARDC, College of FAES
  • Focus on social issues in agriculture as they
    relate to the ecological paradigm

5
Survey Methodology
  • A stratified sample of 7,976 Ohioans was selected
    from rural and Urban Ohio
  • Response rate of 56.4 was achieved
  • Over 4,000 respondents

6
Survey Sample Compared to State Population
Statistics
  • Sample closely matches 2000 Census statistics on
  • gender, age (over 24), households w/ kids,
    employment status and household incomes
  • Limitations
  • sample had lower proportion of renters, lower
    of 18-24 year olds, and lower proportion of
    African Americans than expected compared to state
    population statistics

7
Respondents by place of residence
8
Ohioans Social Links to Farming and Rural Areas
9
Parents ever owned or operated a farm
10
Grandparents ever owned or operated a farm
11
Number of farmers known
12
Observation on Ohioans Social Links to Ag.
  • Despite a very small proportion of Ohioans
    residing on farms, many Ohioans have connections
    to agriculture through family histories or
    regular social interaction
  • These relationships can be an important social
    resourcefor teaching about agriculture, for
    garnering support, etc.

13
Views of Agriculture, Farmers and the
Environment
14
Overall, farming positively contributes to the
quality of life in Ohio
  • 1 Strongly Disagreed or Disagreed
  • 7 Undecided
  • 92 Agreed or Strongly Agreed

15
Ohios economy will suffer if it continues to
lose farmers
  • 5 Strongly Disagreed or Disagreed
  • 15 Undecided
  • 80 Agreed or Strongly Agreed

16
Q. I trust Ohio farmers to protect the
environment.
  • 12 Strongly Disagreed or Disagreed
  • 29 Undecided
  • 59 Agreed or Strongly Agreed

17
Q. Ohio farmers are generally sensitive to the
concerns of nonfarm neighbors.
  • 11 Strongly Disagreed or Disagreed
  • 45 Undecided
  • 44 Agreed or Strongly Agreed

18
Q. Environmental protection laws regulating
farming practices are too strict.
  • 19 Strongly Disagreed or Disagreed
  • 59 Undecided
  • 22 Agreed or Strongly Agreed

19
Observation on Farmers and the Environment
  • There is a tremendous repository of good will
    toward farming and farmers among Ohioans but
  • There appears to be a sizable amount of
    indecision regarding farmings impact on the
    environment
  • The Ohio Survey will be monitoring this
    indecision to identify any trends

20
Ohioans Views of Large-Scale Livestock and Poultry
21
Familiarity with Livestock Issues
  • Respondents were asked Are you familiar with the
    issues associated with large-scale poultry and
    livestock facilities?
  • 33 percent of respondents indicated yes
  • 67 percent indicated no

22
Familiarity by place of residence
23
Familiarity by region of the state
24
Concern about livestock
  • How concerned are you about the development of
    large-scale poultry and livestock production
    facilities in Ohio?
  • 21 percent very concerned
  • 51 percent somewhat concerned
  • 28 percent not at all concerned

25
Concern among those familiar with the issues
  • Concern was higher among those indicating they
    were familiar with the issues
  • 34 percent very concerned
  • 51 percent somewhat concerned
  • 15 percent not at all concerned

26
Level of Concern by region (among those familiar
with the issues)
27
Level of Concern by age (among those familiar
with the issues)
28
Observations on Familiarity Concern
  • Very strong regional pattern to who was familiar
    with the issue in 2002
  • Some association between age and level of concern
  • Also find that persons living in cities, and
    persons aware of a livestock facility near where
    they live also express higher levels of concern

29
Ohioans Attitudes about livestock among those
familiar w/ the issue
30
Q. Large-scale poultry and livestock production
facilities in rural areas are a threat to rural
quality of life.
  • 22 Strongly Disagreed or Disagreed
  • 19 Undecided
  • 59 Agreed or Strongly Agreed

31
Q. There needs to be increased regulation of
livestock production in Ohio to protect the
environment.
  • 17 Strongly Disagreed or Disagreed
  • 26 Undecided
  • 57 Agreed or Strongly Agreed

32
Q. Large-scale poultry and livestock facilities
pose a serious threat to water and stream quality
in Ohio
  • 11 Strongly Disagreed or Disagreed
  • 18 Undecided
  • 71 Agreed or Strongly Agreed

33
Q. Odors are the most serious problem with
large-scale poultry and livestock facilities in
Ohio
  • 43 percent Strongly Disagree or Disagree
  • 16 percent Undecided
  • 42 percent Agree or Strongly Agree

34
Q. Large-scale livestock facilities positively
contribute to the economy of Ohio.
  • 13 Strongly Disagreed or Disagreed
  • 27 Undecided
  • 60 Agreed or Strongly Agreed

35
Q. In general, increased regulation of the
treatment of animals in farming is needed.
  • 34 Strongly Disagreed or Disagreed
  • 23 Undecided
  • 43 Agreed or Strongly Agreed

36
Q. Animal agriculture raises serious ethical
questions about the treatment of animals
  • 37 Strongly Disagreed or Disagreed
  • 29 Undecided
  • 34 Agreed or Strongly Agreed

37
Observations on Ohioans Attitudes of Livestock
  • There is substantial concern about the
    environmental impacts of large-scale livestock
  • Additional analysis shows that Ohioans that view
    economic benefits of livestock have lower
    environmental concerns

38
Observations (cont.)
  • Livestock welfare concern is mixed among Ohioans,
    but is found to have a modest impact on overall
    levels of concern about livestock developments

39
Concluding Observations
  • Through 2002 this was a regional issue
  • Social capital (trust and networks among
    farmers and nonfarmers) is associated with lower
    concern
  • Family histories associated with agriculture
    appears to temper some concern

40
Concluding Observations on Livestock (cont.)
  • As we track this issue into the future, will
    recent changes in the regulatory environment
    impact environmental concerns
  • Will also be tracking animal welfare concern, how
    is it changing and is it influencing other views
    or behaviors

41
Future plans of interest
  • The 2004 version of the Ohio Survey of Food,
    Agriculture, and Environmental Issues is
    currently in development
  • Some questions related to livestock concern and
    animal welfare concern will be repeated from 2002
  • Results from this project should begin to be
    available in Fall of 2004.

42
Future Plans (cont.)
  • New project, under leadership of Bob Birkenholz
    and Bill Flinn, to conduct case study research
    examining differences between contested and less
    contested large-scale livestock developments in
    Ohio
  • Collect both interview and survey data in select
    communities to understand social dimensions of
    why facilities are opposed or not.
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