SHORTAGE: Stock up on canned pumpkin before it’s gone

“We’re disappointed that the yields this year are much less than we anticipated”, stated Roz O’Hearn, spokeswoman for Nestle.

Libby’s (which generally manages most of the in the can pumpkin segment) put it will nearly certainly get a good amount of contributes to survive Thanksgiving, though when boutiques sell, they’re prone to live out up to next…

Increasingly, a few pumpkin growers are navigating shortages by selling not just pumpkins but family fun – with attractions like corn mazes and petting zoos.

While most pumpkins in the US are grown in central Illinois, there are still several farms that harvest pumpkins in Indiana. He says this addition of entertainment is how a lot of pumpkin farms are staying profitable even when the harvest is light.

Those ornamental pumpkins are bright orange, have thin, stringy walls and are largely hollow, which make them flawless for carving. The canned pumpkin comes from what is known as sugar pumpkins. Libby’s processes all the pumpkin it buys at a plant in Morton, Ill. Pumpkin crops are down by about 50% this year. Not that pumpkin pie is a major staple for Easter or Memorial Day.Tuttle Farms’ Ruth Ann Roney says heavy summer rains were a problem for their pumpkins but didn’t hurt their harvest this season.