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- Coaldale and region welcome harvest season
- Water use below average in back-to-back seasons: BRID
- Highway 3 food corridor grows wider by the day
- Potato crop projected slightly above average in 2025: Hochstein
- Wild Vegetation and Pesky Pests
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