“I haven’t slept good all summer”: Farmers worry about delayed Pueblo chile crop after wild weather
It’s mid-September and many chile roasters stand clean and silent at farm stands east of Pueblo. The smell of roasting chiles wafts only occasionally through the air. Workers are idle. The first day of picking at Mauro Farms and Bakery brought in just 70 bushels instead of the usual 500. The tired, grim-faced farmers are…