Each year, billions of intelligent animals are bred for slaughter on factory farms. The 2025 U.S. Animal Kill Clock estimates a real-time count of animal deaths attributable to production of the …

More than three-quarters of global agricultural land is used for livestock, despite meat and dairy making up a much smaller share of the world's protein and calories.

There is a growing concern about limited water supply and water scarcity in many river basins across the world. The agricultural sector is the largest user of freshwater on the planet, with a …

Rome – Agricultural expansion drives almost 90 percent of global deforestation – an impact much greater than previously thought, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations …

The red meat industry Australia’s red meat and livestock industry makes a significant contribution to the Australian economy. In 2022–23, Australia’s red meat and livestock industry turnover …

Other research and writing on land use on Our World in Data: After millennia of agricultural expansion, the world has passed ‘peak agricultural land’ Half of the world’s habitable land is …

Climate change may have a range of effects in Ireland. Increasing temperatures may change weather patterns, with the potential for increased heatwaves, rainfall and storm events, with …