The entire country can be considered a natural treasure, where cattle are naturally reared in the rangelands to produce one of the most appreciated qualities of beef in the world. From the sky, Uruguay looks like one large meadow with 100’s of shades of green. Whoever arrives in Uruguay and decides to go to the countryside, can enjoy the pleasure of walking through the extensive pastures without hurry, breathing the pure air at the top of the hills, listening to the silence of the valleys, submerging in the blue waters of our coast and riding through the characteristic cattle ranches, feeling, even in a short stay, that here the time passes slower, that here we respect and worship the rhythm of wise nature.
Today, almost the whole territory of the country is apt for agricultural production. Of its 17.6 million hectares of land, 16.5 million are devoted to some agricultural activity. Beef cattle and sheep share most of the grazing lands.
Uruguay’s cows drink surface and underground waters from the Guaraní Aquifer, considered one of the major reserves of clean water in the world.
