The rural producers of the Southern Pampas, including in the departments of Caleu Caleu -which reaches the people of The Adela– AND Lihuel Calel -de Knife Co– in the wake of a drought that has lasted for several years and it gets worse day by day. From 2023 to today they have died 5,392 animals and other 100 thousand cattle were slaughtered or to the rented fields of other areas.
Based on the vaccination record of National Health and Agri-food Quality Service (Senasa), in May From 2023 There were some in both departments in total 650 livestock producers with 270 thousand heads of livestock.
“In September From 2023as already indicated by the Treasury guides between 90 and 100 thousand animals had left of the area. Today there are more than 100 thousand animals, “she said. Rosana Erviti, press officer at Rural Association of the Southern Pampascentered on The Adelathe last municipality in the south of the province of La Pampa.
From there, if you cross the Colorado River, you enter the province of Río Negro, in the Río Colorado locality.
Is called Colorado River – La Adela to the urban agglomeration that extends between the Argentine cities of Colorado River of the province of Río Negro and the city of La Adela from the province of La Pampa. It is the Viedma Patagones region.
The same source added: “In 2022 There was little precipitation and 2023 a total of 300 mmBut almost nothing in autumn and spring, two periods necessary to accumulate moisture reserves in the meadows. Inside 2024January was a lot hot and windyit rained in some fields 70 mm and in others nothing”. The problem is that months preceded it with less rainfall than in current years, with maximum and minimum temperatures higher than normal and with a very pronounced accumulated humidity deficit.
They are sell bellies, which is the capital of the producers. There are small producers who have had to do this abandon the activity because their cows died and others had to be sold at a very low price.
Throughout 2023, producers have been using tools to maintain their herd such as: early weaning, sale of shelter cows, grass feeding, balanced, molasses, salts, etc. Nothing was enough to maintain the state of the hacienda and they were just left without funds and still had to sell their bellies, i.e. get rid of their capital”, concluded Rosana Erviti.
Source: Clarin
