Argentina: Due to the drought, 50% of the bovine stock is at risk

A report on the Rosario (Rosgan) livestock market anticipates very critical months for livestock in Argentina. According to the latest report from the Drought Monitoring Board, made up of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and official organizations, until last month the drought severely affected some 22 million hectares, involving approximately a third of the national stock, about 18.57 million heads located in the central area of the Pampas region -north of Buenos Aires, south of Entre Ríos, south-central Santa Fe and central Córdoba. Many of the areas marked until then under conditions of moderate and even mild drought, today are in a limit situation given the low level of reserves that they accumulated and the high temperatures that have been occurring. Although areas of central Buenos Aires and some coastal districts, as well as parts of La Pampa, South Córdoba and San Luis have been receiving rain, the rest of the focus has expanded, moving north of the ...