The field, in Los Condores in central Cordoba province, was sown using an algorithm that calculated where seeds would need to be planted so when the corn grew it created a huge visual image of Messi's bearded visage.
"For me Messi is unbeatable," said Maximiliano Spinazze, the crop farmer who planted the unusual crop formation as a celebration of the team's victory, their first World Cup since Diego Maradona led the team in 1986.The soccer-mad South American country is a major agricultural producer and the third-largest global exporter of corn. Farming is its main export driver, though football may be its top claim to fame.
"I had the idea to make a code that goes in the seeders with Messi's face as a tribute," he said, adding he then made the code available for any farmers "who dared to plant it". Using geo-coding tools, the machinery knows how much seed per square metre it has to put in certain places to create the contrast for different parts of Messi's face, Mr Faricelli said.
"So when this corn grows and an aerial shot is taken, where the plants are closer together and the ground is less visible, a more intense green contrasts with where there are fewer plants and then this kind of agriculture art is created."
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