Overview
- The estimate covers the Salado basin, based on satellite images from November 11–13, in a region that concentrates a large share of Argentina’s grain and cattle output.
- Roughly 2.0 million hectares are under water and about 3.8 million hectares are too saturated or inaccessible for sowing and machinery.
- CARBAP warns that more than 1.5 million hectares could be left unplanted this season as soybean and maize sowing windows close.
- The group faults all levels of government over unfinished hydraulic works and failing rural roads, citing a 2026 provincial plan that raises rural property taxes but earmarks only about US$4 million for the Salado plan and a national budget that allocates nothing despite the Water Infrastructure Fund.
- Most-affected districts include Bolívar, 9 de Julio, Pehuajó, 25 de Mayo, Lincoln, Carlos Casares and Las Flores, which together exceed 4.5 million hectares affected with more than 1.1 million hectares under water.