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ROSARIO, ARGENTINA - 03/12/2023: Campo de soja resistiendo a la sequía, on March 12, 2023 in Ibarlucea, Argentina. Argentina and the International Monetary Fund reached staff-level agreement to review the targets of reserves for 2023 due to the catastrophic droughts that affect the country. Agriculture export revenues generate a major part of the much-needed reserves of dollars as part of a 44 billion dollars repayment plan with IMF. According to experts, this drought, linked to a third straight La Niña climate pattern, is the worst in sixty years and affects 55% of the country. Argentina is the world's top exporter of soy oil and meal, the third for corn and a major supplier of beef and wheat. (Photo by Sebastian Lopez Brach/Getty Images) Rosario Argentina

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ROSARIO, ARGENTINA - 03/13/2023: El productor Joan Hofer (31) en su campo de soja que resiste a la sequía, on March 13, 2023 in San Jerónimo Sud, Argentina. Argentina and the International Monetary Fund reached staff-level agreement to review the targets of reserves for 2023 due to the catastrophic droughts that affect the country. Agriculture export revenues generate a major part of the much-needed reserves of dollars as part of a 44 billion dollars repayment plan with IMF. According to experts, this drought, linked to a third straight La Niña climate pattern, is the worst in sixty years and affects 55% of the country. Argentina is the world's top exporter of soy oil and meal, the third for corn and a major supplier of beef and wheat. (Photo by Sebastian Lopez Brach/Getty Images) Rosario Argentina

ROSARIO, ARGENTINA - 03/13/2023: Vacas muertas por causa del calor intenso y la falta de agua en la región, on March 13, 2023 in Luis Palacios, Argentina. Argentina and the International Monetary Fund reached staff-level agreement to review the targets of reserves for 2023 due to the catastrophic droughts that affect the country. Agriculture export revenues generate a major part of the much-needed reserves of dollars as part of a 44 billion dollars repayment plan with IMF. According to experts, this drought, linked to a third straight La Niña climate pattern, is the worst in sixty years and affects 55% of the country. Argentina is the world's top exporter of soy oil and meal, the third for corn and a major supplier of beef and wheat. (Photo by Sebastian Lopez Brach/Getty Images) Rosario Argentina

ROSARIO, ARGENTINA - 03/12/2023: Marcelo Beauvallet (33) sostiene en sus manos una mazorca completamente seca y sin granos por causa de la sequía, on March 12, 2023 in Ibarlucea, Argentina. Argentina and the International Monetary Fund reached staff-level agreement to review the targets of reserves for 2023 due to the catastrophic droughts that affect the country. Agriculture export revenues generate a major part of the much-needed reserves of dollars as part of a 44 billion dollars repayment plan with IMF. According to experts, this drought, linked to a third straight La Niña climate pattern, is the worst in sixty years and affects 55% of the country. Argentina is the world's top exporter of soy oil and meal, the third for corn and a major supplier of beef and wheat. (Photo by Sebastian Lopez Brach/Getty Images) Rosario Argentina

ROSARIO, ARGENTINA - 03/12/2023: Marcelo Beauvallet (33) ha perdido el 90% de su producción por tercer año consecutivo on March 12, 2023 in Ibarlucea, Argentina. Argentina and the International Monetary Fund reached staff-level agreement to review the targets of reserves for 2023 due to the catastrophic droughts that affect the country. Agriculture export revenues generate a major part of the much-needed reserves of dollars as part of a 44 billion dollars repayment plan with IMF. According to experts, this drought, linked to a third straight La Niña climate pattern, is the worst in sixty years and affects 55% of the country. Argentina is the world's top exporter of soy oil and meal, the third for corn and a major supplier of beef and wheat. (Photo by Sebastian Lopez Brach/Getty Images) Rosario Argentina

ROSARIO, ARGENTINA - 03/12/2023: Máquina cosechadora trabaja en un campo de maíz completamente seco, on March 12, 2023 in San Jerónimo Sud, Argentina. Argentina and the International Monetary Fund reached staff-level agreement to review the targets of reserves for 2023 due to the catastrophic droughts that affect the country. Agriculture export revenues generate a major part of the much-needed reserves of dollars as part of a 44 billion dollars repayment plan with IMF. According to experts, this drought, linked to a third straight La Niña climate pattern, is the worst in sixty years and affects 55% of the country. Argentina is the world's top exporter of soy oil and meal, the third for corn and a major supplier of beef and wheat. (Photo by Sebastian Lopez Brach/Getty Images) Rosario Argentina

ROSARIO, ARGENTINA - 03/13/2023: Hacienda de ganadería en un campo completamente seco, on March 13, 2023 in Luis Palacios, Argentina. Argentina and the International Monetary Fund reached staff-level agreement to review the targets of reserves for 2023 due to the catastrophic droughts that affect the country. Agriculture export revenues generate a major part of the much-needed reserves of dollars as part of a 44 billion dollars repayment plan with IMF. According to experts, this drought, linked to a third straight La Niña climate pattern, is the worst in sixty years and affects 55% of the country. Argentina is the world's top exporter of soy oil and meal, the third for corn and a major supplier of beef and wheat. (Photo by Sebastian Lopez Brach/Getty Images) Rosario Argentina

ROSARIO, ARGENTINA - 03/12/2023: Campo de maíz completamente seco del productor José Braidotti (35) on March 12, 2023 in San Jerónimo Sud, Argentina. Argentina and the International Monetary Fund reached staff-level agreement to review the targets of reserves for 2023 due to the catastrophic droughts that affect the country. Agriculture export revenues generate a major part of the much-needed reserves of dollars as part of a 44 billion dollars repayment plan with IMF. According to experts, this drought, linked to a third straight La Niña climate pattern, is the worst in sixty years and affects 55% of the country. Argentina is the world's top exporter of soy oil and meal, the third for corn and a major supplier of beef and wheat. (Photo by Sebastian Lopez Brach/Getty Images) Rosario Argentina

ROSARIO, ARGENTINA - 03/12/2023: El productor Javier Sánchez en su campo de maíz que resiste a la sequía on March 12, 2023 in Timbúes, Argentina. Argentina and the International Monetary Fund reached staff-level agreement to review the targets of reserves for 2023 due to the catastrophic droughts that affect the country. Agriculture export revenues generate a major part of the much-needed reserves of dollars as part of a 44 billion dollars repayment plan with IMF. According to experts, this drought, linked to a third straight La Niña climate pattern, is the worst in sixty years and affects 55% of the country. Argentina is the world's top exporter of soy oil and meal, the third for corn and a major supplier of beef and wheat. (Photo by Sebastian Lopez Brach/Getty Images) Rosario Argentina

ROSARIO, ARGENTINA - 03/12/2023: Campo de maíz completamente arruinado por la sequía, on March 12, 2023 in Timbúes, Argentina. Argentina and the International Monetary Fund reached staff-level agreement to review the targets of reserves for 2023 due to the catastrophic droughts that affect the country. Agriculture export revenues generate a major part of the much-needed reserves of dollars as part of a 44 billion dollars repayment plan with IMF. According to experts, this drought, linked to a third straight La Niña climate pattern, is the worst in sixty years and affects 55% of the country. Argentina is the world's top exporter of soy oil and meal, the third for corn and a major supplier of beef and wheat. (Photo by Sebastian Lopez Brach/Getty Images) Rosario Argentina

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The field is drought

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Updated Mar 2023

This story was commissioned for the Getty Images.

Argentina is suffering the worst drought in sixty years. Some 55% of the country's territory is affected by extreme drought and high temperatures, a phenomenon associated with a La Niña weather pattern. Despite being one of the world's leading exporters of soybeans, corn and wheat, the South American country is forecasting a 28% drop in export levels by 2023, while experts estimate that the country's grain and oilseed export revenues have already fallen by 61% in the last year.

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