Illinois Pumpkin Farmers Say This Year's Crop Is Good
Oct 7, 2013 7:47 AM
Pumpkin farmers in Illinois say this year's harvest is shaping up to produce a bumper crop.
Terry Goebbert's family has been growing pumpkins and selling them in Hampshire and South Barrington since the 1950s.
According to reports, she says this year's harvest from her 42-acres is "wonderful."
Illinois is the nation's top pumpkin producer.
According to federal agriculture statistics, the state harvested almost a third of the nation's total pumpkin acreage in 2012. That yielded about 623 million pounds of pumpkins, which are technically a fruit.
Most of the pumpkins grown in Illinois are used for cooking and canning. But others are decorative.
Maple Park farmer Wade Kuipers attributes the good crop to a wet spring and dry, late-summer weather.
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