Weather/Situation: The climatic conditions related to La Niña are well present with below average rainfall over Argentina, Uruguay and the extreme south of Brazil and abnormal increases in temperatures for the season. In Salta, we are already recording peaks of over 35°C. This trend will continue for the coming months. This situation wills emphasis pasture availability. We cannot replant under those conditions sufficient pastures and we will be force to by supplementation whose prices are strongly rising.
You can see some fences which have been repaired after the fire that we faced last year due to drought and windy conditions. The fences are repaired internally with wood available at the farm in order to reduce costs.
Cattle operation: We have around 2,000 heads at the farm, mostly cows, heifers and calves. Our cattle is relatively in good shape given the lack of grassing area available at the farm. It’s the direct result of 2 years of dryness. Below you can see some heifers. Most of them will start their 1st service end of December.
Our main difficulties at the farm are to manage food and the regrowth of the natural forest/vegetation.