Yields are low for this year's pumpkin crop, and growers say a wet spring is too blame. Illinois is the country's largest pumpkin-producing state, and when its crop suffers everyone feels the affect. Today I spoke with one local farmer who says this season broke his family's 35-year tradition. The Illinois Department of Agriculture says about 80 percent of the pumpkins produced commercially in the state are grown within a 90 miles radius of Peoria. Pumpkins can range in size from less than a pound to more than one thousand pounds!
Older Articles Newer Articles