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. J.D. Ragland, Floyd County Extension agent, said the outlook is good.
Prices are steady to slighty higher than last year.
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