If you want canned pumpkin pie at your Holiday dinner, you may have trouble finding some!
Food experts warn that canned pumpkin could be hard to find come Holiday time,
According to cinewsnow.com and Chicago Tribune, Libby’s Pumpkins says yields could be off by as much as a third this year.
While there will be enough pumpkins for the rest of this month, there may not be enough to get to us by Thanksgiving.
The rainy weather we experienced here in June, has caused less of a yield in pumpkin crops this year which means less pumpkins to go around.
Illinois produces about 90 percent of the canned pumpkin for the entire U.S with most of them being grown here in central Illinois.
The smaller pumpkin crops this year means less canned pumpkin for you.
If your planning on having pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving, you might want to stock up on your pumpkin filling and canned pumpkin now as it might not be available in November.