Joe Petrocco, a fourth-generation vegetable farmer in Colorado, is facing one of the toughest seasons he can remember, with rising costs for fertilizer and fuel as well as a looming water shortage after a dry winter. But one part of his business is providing some optimism: As farms like his across the U.S. get going on the planting and harvesting seasons, when the need for workers spikes, the …
By Alicia A. Caldwell and Eliyahu Kamisher, Bloomberg News
Joe Petrocco, a fourth-generation vegetable farmer in Colorado, is facing one of the toughest seasons he can remember, with rising costs for fertilizer and fuel as well as a looming water sho… [8839 chars]
Source: Hartford Courant | Published: 2026-04-24T11:30:40Z
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