Tag: Palisade Peaches
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Bug vs. Bug: How Colorado corn and peach farmers are utilizing insects to naturally fight invasive pests
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The problem of pests in agriculture isn’t new, but on Colorado’s Western Slope farmers have found a sustainable solution to help ensure the delectable Palisade peaches and Olathe sweet corn grace grocery stores this season. The answer? More bugs. The Palisade Insectary has been working…
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Here’s why some of Colorado’s most popular crops will be available later than usual this summer
Rocky Ford cantaloupe, Palisade peaches and Pueblo chiles — among the most acclaimed Colorado-grown crops — will be available to consumers later than usual this summer, according to numerous farmers throughout the state. Unseasonal weather in May and June brought unprecedented amounts of rainfall and chilly temperatures in parts of Colorado, prompting delays in planting of…
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‘It shouldn’t even exist:’ Living the sweet life in Palisade | Colorful Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PALISADE • There’s an old saying here. Mothers and grandmothers say it to their babies before they leave for college or take a job far away or otherwise feel finished with small-town life. If you don’t take any dirt, they say, you’ll come back. Apparently…
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Palisade: An irresistible detour en route to Grand Junction
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Driving through the desert of far western Colorado, something like a dream appears. Between the dirt and rock faces of buttes and mesas, there’s an ocean of green waving along Interstate 70. That’s not a mirage. That’s Palisade, an irresistible detour en route to Grand…
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Some Palisade farmers say this year’s peach crop could be best yet
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Just over one year ago, a record low temperature sent chills down the backs of the farmers throughout the Grand Valley region. The National Weather Service recorded its coldest temperature in the area since 1933…
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Palisade crops unscathed by recent cool down; growers still on edge after last year’s devastation
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than one year ago, record low temperatures destroyed more than half of the crops within the Grand Valley region. National Weather Service meteorologist Megan Stackhouse said the temperature dropped to 19 degrees in Grand Junction on April 14, 2020 — the lowest since 1933.…