Do farmers have to treat their animals well in order not to lose money?



In reply to the argument that farmers must treat their animals well or they will lose money: Bernard Rollin explains in the book Farm Animal Welfare, it is "more economically efficient to put a greater number of birds into each cage, accepting lower productivity per bird, but greater productivity per cage...Chickens are cheap, cages are expensive."

Follow up questions:

Why are "Free Range" farms not much better?

Does Kosher and Halal meat come from animals that are treated better?

What if humans treat and slaughter the animals humanely?

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