`` Hopelessness approaches , but you realize that hopelessness makes you crazy , '' said Jose Miguel Zabala , a cattleman in Tostado , a town full of hungry , thirsty animals . Prolonged lack of rainfall puts Argentina 's cattle at risk . So far , less than one - third usual rainfall has fallen in South American country . Extended strikes by farmers and export - price hike has affected farming productivity .
Prolonged lack of rainfall puts Argentina 's cattle at risk . So far , less than one - third usual rainfall has fallen in South American country . Extended strikes by farmers and export - price hike has affected farming productivity .