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Bad apple crop season doesn't ruin festival
September 29, 2011 7:46 PM
It's apple picking season, but folks in Penrose are dealing with a sour situation. A late spring frost ruined a lot of the crop, which has hurt sales and tourism. However, just days before the town's big apple festival, neighbors in Fremont County have banded together. Every fall tourists... more » -
New Community Garden in Colorado Springs
May 2, 2011 4:10 PM
Today the Harrison School District 2 had a ribbon cutting for the new community garden at district headquarters. There are 28 plots for growing this year. Onions, corn, squash and even peach, apple and plum trees to name a few. They plan to make the garden bigger next... more » -
USDA: Colorado wheat crop largest since 1980
September 30, 2010 3:01 PM
Colorado harvested 108.2 million bushels of wheat this year for the state's largest crop since 1980. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Thursday that the total wheat harvest, which is mostly winter wheat, is almost 8 percent higher than production last year. The 105.8 million bushel winter wheat... more » -
Federal disaster declared for farmers
September 16, 2010 6:02 PM
Fremont County farmers should be harvesting a huge crop of apples right now, but a late freeze damaged the crop. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture declared Fremont County a natural disaster area. The freeze occurred between April 30 and May 3. Also included in the disaster... more » -
Ruling over biotech beets threatens nation's sugar supply
August 20, 2010 9:57 AM
Some sugar beet growers are uneasy as they wait for federal officials to decide the next step for a crop that provides half the nation's sugar supply. A federal judge in California issued a ruling earlier this month that prevents future planting of sugar beets with genetically modified seeds... more »
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