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- Are livestock fed/watered at the enclosure?
- No - Not an Outdoor Confinement Area
- Yes -Do grazing and foraging provide less than 50% of the dry matter
intake?
- No - Not an Outdoor Confinement Area
- Yes - Is the area accessible by livestock for more than 4800
hours (200 days) per year?
- No - Does the farm unit generate 300 NU or more annually?
- No - Not regulated as an OCA
- Yes - Does the animal density exceed 5 NU per hectare
per year when duration on site is factored in?
- No - Not regulated as an OCA
- Yes - High Density Permanent Outdoor Confinement Area
- Yes - Does the farm unit generate less than 300 NU
annually?
- No - High Density Permanent Outdoor Confinement Area
- Yes - Is the maximum livestock loading on the site 120
NU or less per hectare at any time?
- No - High Density Permanent Outdoor Confinement Area
- Yes - Low Density Permanent Outdoor Confinement Area
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to Factsheet 04-093 - Livestock Yards, Open-Air Feedlots and Wintering Sites are
"Outdoor Confinement Areas" under the NMA, 2002.