Farmers Stop Planting, Waiting on Rain as El Niño Looms

By Kisean Joseph kisean.joseph@antiguaobserver.com Antigua and Barbuda's farmers have stopped planting and are simply preparing their land, hoping rain arrives by September. That shift is already under way in the fields, according to agriculture specialist Craig Thomas, of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). Growers are now aiming…