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Combination of factors lead to 'worst' pumpkin harvest in decades

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CENTERFIELD — The Beck family says a combination of really bad factors all lent to what is turning out to be a horrible pumpkin season for them and other growers around Sanpete County. Dave Beck, who has been running Beck Family Farms for 35 years, says it's the worst he's seen.

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