Here's a look behind the scenes of the Colorado onion harvest on the Western Slope. Read more here:
Onion farmers across Colorado knew they only had a few days, hours really, to get their crop topped, collected, bagged and stored before overnight temperatures dropped below freezing.
TOP: Workers harvest yellow onions from a field in Shavano Valley in rural Montrose County on Oct. 19, 2022. BOTTOM LEFT: A worker uses a pair of shears to cut the roots from a yellow onion. BOTTOM RIGHT: Yellow onions sit cut open in a field in Shavano Valley. “As a farmer, you can’t complain about moisture, but it sure did set us back and it’s what put us in the bind that we’re in now,” Harold said.
The National Onion Association says farmers in the United States plant approximately 125,000 acres of onions each year and produce about 6.75 billion pounds of onions annually. Colorado’s higher altitude and colder winter months keep insect and plant diseases at a minimum, thereby reducing pesticide use and ensuring high-quality onions, according to Colorado State University.
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