In the fields around the town of Navarro in Argentina's Pampas farm belt, the dried-out bed of a huge lagoon and decaying bodies of dead cattle are stark signs of a historic drought that is hammering crops and farmers like Ignacio Bastanchuri.
Some 100 kilometers (62 miles) west of capital Buenos Aires, Navarro is one of dozens of towns in the bread basket province of Buenos Aires straining under the prolonged drought that threatens the country's major wheat, corn and soy crops.
