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Weather, water, labor push Sakatas away from broccoli; farm was last commercial grower in Colo.

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11 Feb, 2012

Bruce Bosley, a crop systems specialist with the Colorado State University Extension Service who serves all of northeastern Colorado, said Sakatas Farms’ shift away from broccoli isn’t the first time weather has forced changes in agriculture operations – although most changes in what farmers plant are based on economic factors, he added.

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