Mexico has now become the No. 2 customer of U.S. beef, behind only Japan, which has imported 99,765 metric tons so far this year. October means pumpkin business booms Some people like ghosts, goblins and witches. Texas pumpkin farmers live for Halloween. Some growers yield 30,000 to 40,000 pounds of pumpkins per acre. Texas growers usually contract much of their acreage in advance to retailers throughout the South and along the East Co-ast.
Consumer demand is also high.
We plant them in good, strong ground and apply the right amount of fertilizer. Roming added that Mother Nature also helped in 1997. You can grow a good pumpkin in those conditions. Roming said Texas consumers should have an ample supply of carving pumpkins, but Texas growers are getting calls from hopeful buyers in Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida who also are scrambling for Texas pumpkins. Reportedly, the pumpkin crop is short in those areas.