Climate vagaries are now affecting Uruguay. Increasing levels of the Uruguay River and its tributaries due to heavy rains have forced around thousands to evacuate their homes in Argentina, in Brazil and now in Uruguay. Here, the north-west of the country has been badly affected.
For your reference, the river flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
La Esperanza, our nearest farm which is located in Cerro largo department and bordering with the Rio Negro (a tributary of the Uruguay River), is currently affected by floods in the extensive cattle area where we intend to build a protection wall to prevent those events and release additional surface for crops and intensive cattle activities.
Excessive rain and the accompanying flooding are causing a variety of problems for crops activities (negative impact on yields, soil saturation, leach of nutrients, delays in harvesting and delivery, etc) as well as for cattle operation (animal stress, pasture contraction, increase in loss or death for the youngest categories mainly).
