Lamb and beef require the most land of all food products.
Fresh infographic from Visual Capitalist ranks 15 foods by land area needed to produce every half kilo of finished product.
Livestock
African swine fever spreads across Italy and 13 other EU countries
Since early 2026, Tuscany has recorded 638 African swine fever cases in wild boars — Italy's highest this year; the virus has hit two farms in Massa-Carrara and Pistoia.
In Georgia, artificial intelligence learns to recognize local livestock breeds.
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization launched a project in Georgia that sounds technical but actually protects the genetic heritage of an entire nation.
Less raw materials, more recycling — the agrarian rate "Ädilet
The agrarian bloc of the Adilet party's election program centers on one core idea: stop exporting raw materials and sell finished products instead. Grain, livestock, and oilseed exports would be replaced by flour, deep-processed meat, and vegetable oils.
Uzbekistan wants to lease 50,000 hectares of land in Kazakhstan for livestock farming.
At the Uzbek-Kazakh business forum, a proposal emerged that could reshape meat trade: raise livestock for Uzbekistan's market directly on Kazakh soil, rather than just selling finished meat.
FDA incentivizes domestic production of veterinary drugs — prioritizing those independent of imports
FDA's veterinary center launches a pilot program giving priority review to veterinary drug applications if both the finished dosage form and active ingredient are made in the U.S.
Horses go to China and Afghanistan, sheep to Uzbekistan. Kazakhstan increased livestock exports by 1.7 times.
Kazakhstan exported 717.2K head of livestock and poultry worth $7.9M in Jan–May 2026, up 1.7x year-on-year.