About 50 percent of the national cattle stock in Argentina are affected by the drought

According to the measurements carried out by the Information System on Droughts for the South of South America (SISSA), the situation as of January 10 shows that close to 50% of the national territory is under different degrees of drought, something that, in terms of of cattle stock would involve 80% of the 54.4 million heads that make up the national herd. It is worth mentioning that the drought categories used by SISSA for its monitoring are calculated based on percentiles of accumulated precipitation taking the 35-year period between 1982 and 2016 inclusive as the reference period. Based on these percentiles, a drought category is assigned according to the specifications of the United States Drought Monitor that indicate four degrees of drought of increasing severity, light orange “moderate drought”, orange “severe drought”, red “extreme drought” and finally embroidered "exceptional drought." Whereas, the areas colored in yellow indicate "abnormally dry" conditions, which are ...