Severe drought forces tough decisions for pumpkin growers in Northern Colorado

AULT, Colo. — Just miles from Sonrise Farm in Severance, where owners recently announced they will not open their pumpkin patch this fall because they likely won’t receive irrigation water during a critical growing period, another Northern Colorado farmer is making a different choice.

Rodney Anderson has planted pumpkin seeds.

Despite one of the driest years he can remember, Anderson says he’s willing to take the risk…

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