From jack-o’-lanterns to pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin’s appearance at farm stands, stores, and bakeries is the de facto sign that fall has arrived. But unless it’s in a pie, you might not think about ...

Americans’ obsession with a certain fleshy, orange-colored vegetable has created handsome profits for farmers, canners, and sellers, and in the past decade, the pumpkin industry has flourished. From ...

Pumpkin farmer John Ackerman poses with some of his pumpkin crop at his farm near Morton, Illinois. Ackerman, a third-generation farmer, says he grows 160 pumpkin varieties, along with corn, soybeans ...

While some are adding final touches to Halloween costumes, pumpkin farmers are gearing up for their final week of October sales. With most growers reporting a lighter yield, local Davis seed company ...

WESTVILLE — John Coulter started growing pumpkins to have some extra spending cash on top of what his corn and soybeans were bringing in. More than 30 years later, he's still getting a kick from the ...

URBANA -- Chemicals have limited effects on controlling it and there are no known resistant varieties of processing pumpkin to withstand an attack of the deadly blight known as Phytophthora capsici (P ...