Culling

<p>Culling is the process of segregating organisms from a group according to desired or undesired characteristics. In <a href="/facts/Animal_breeding/a9VgVI2I">animal breeding</a>, it is removing or segregating animals from a breeding stock based on a specific trait. This is done to exaggerate desirable characteristics, or to remove undesirable characteristics by altering the genetic makeup of the population. For <a href="/facts/Livestock/Quhv6GvP">livestock</a> and <a href="/facts/Wildlife/Byh8cAyK">wildlife</a>, culling often refers to <a href="/facts/Animal_slaughter/wRQW3ASl">killing removed animals</a> based on their characteristics, such as their sex or species membership, or as a means of preventing <a href="/facts/Transmission_(medicine)/sSGEGhcd">infectious disease transmission</a>.
</p><p>In <a href="/facts/Fruit/PBpuzk60">fruits</a> and <a href="/facts/Vegetable/j3AlDG64">vegetables</a>, culling is the sorting or segregation of fresh harvested produce into marketable lots, with the non-marketable lots being discarded or diverted into <a href="/facts/Food_processing/2vRFfCL9">food processing</a> or non-food processing activities. This usually happens at collection centres located at, or close to farms.
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Culling