Ten things to watch for in 2019

Eyes to the skies

With threats of El Nino already manifesting themselves through the late onset of rains this season, subsistence farmers across the country will spend the next few weeks looking to the skies and praying the Heaven’s open and stay open going forward. Minimal planting has taken place in the South, including the Barolong Farms heartland, and thanks to the late onset, many farmers have abandoned their fields. Those who have stayed faithful will be hoping the rains become more consistent and stable, enabling some form of crop maturation in the months before the onset of the evening winter chills.