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 ...

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 ...

Other fruits in Southwest Michigan's fruit belt were hard hit by hot, dry summer weather, but there are pumpkins aplenty for those hoping to carve Halloween Jack-o-lanterns, said Ron Goldy, senior ...

Alan Walters has jack-o’-lantern pumpkins on his front stoop — not carved, because the fruit wouldn’t last long if it was. He has a couple of blue Jarrahdales, too, edible pumpkins known for their ...

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 ...

Illinois currently holds the No. 1 spot for pumpkin production in the nation, producing three times more pumpkins than any other state. Mohammad Babadoost, professor for ACES, said that Illinois grows ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since 1623, Thanksgiving has been celebrated every year — but not necessarily on the same date. President Abraham Lincoln made it a national holiday by declaring the fourth Thursday of November a day ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- New strategies emerging from research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are saving many of the state's vegetable crops from a fungus that nearly put an end to ...

Drought has affected several pumpkin-producing states, including Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. But rain arrived at the right time to produce a bumper crop in parts of the Midwest. John Ackerman says ...