Seattle Tacoma, WA, October 14, 2026 —

A fourth-generation chile farmer in Colorado is reflecting on what he describes as the worst growing season of his life, pointing to the state’s historically low snowpack as a primary reason.

The farmer’s account links the difficult season to snowpack conditions in Colorado. The available information does not specify how low the snowpack was, which parts of the state were affected, or how the conditions influenced the farm’s chile crop. It also does not identify the farmer or provide details about the farm.

The description underscores the farmer’s own assessment of the season: he says he has not experienced a worse one. No figures were provided for crop yields, acreage, revenue or other measures of the season’s impact. The account also does not say whether the farmer attributed any other factors to the outcome.

Snowpack is identified in the account as a primary reason, rather than the only reason, for the farmer’s assessment. No additional explanation was provided about how snowpack affected growing conditions on the farm. The information does not include details about water availability, irrigation, temperatures or rainfall, so their roles in the season cannot be established from the account.

The farmer’s name, the location of the operation and the dates covered by the growing season were not provided. No information was given about what the farmer plans to do next or whether the conditions have changed. For now, the account offers a farmer’s description of an exceptionally difficult season and identifies historically low snowpack as a central concern, while leaving the scale and specific effects of the crop challenges unclear.


Story summarized from the original created by Cascade PBS Staff on www.cascadepbs.org, see more information here.

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