31.   Raising animals for food on a large scale is not the most environmentally friendly of activities.

32.   Rising feed costs probably will reduce demand for feeder cattle because it reduces the profitability of raising young animals to market weight.

33.   Rising feed costs probably will reduce demand for feeder cattle because it reduces the profitability of raising young animals to market-weight.

34.   Shaw raises his animals for breeding and show.

35.   She raises endangered animals on her farm in Bolton, and several of her preservation-minded neighbors do the same.

36.   Sheep producers agree that organic lamb meat also represents a strong niche market, and several are raising their animals only on organic grain.

37.   The animals are raised and slaughtered under conditions that encourage bacterial contamination, and the industry is looking to irradiation to solve the sanitation problem.

38.   The community, dedicated to protecting the environment, grows some of its own food and raises animals.

39.   The falling price of feed makes it more profitable to raise the animals to slaughter weight and feedlot operators bid higher for the young animals.

40.   The increase would come as feed costs declined, making it more profitable for farmers to raise animals to market weight and encouraging them to expand their herds.