Summer drought leads to pumpkin shortage

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Florida farmer Robert I lost the race.

Good to go elsewhere got when he needed votes.

We just can't get mr.

Summers and we only got one totally -- and our farm in jeans on August haven't met during the period and then when he did.

We -- rain and guess what this farmer got.

He got rain we had a brain at the end of the season and you really don't need -- and that.

Hurts and this is my does -- have -- -- if you're looking for a great pumpkin this year a big -- don't expected to speak with the southern accent.

Most of the big pumpkins out.

The biggest courteous deep Lawrence Jackson to say here almost always from either of north around.

Midwest Foster says he had a pretty good crop of high pumpkins and gore.

But for the most part -- that he has talked to have been down around 40%.

On their local pumpkin crops in many of those are farmers that -- -- relies on to grow pumpkins for him.

I give farmers on the front end before the -- before planting season -- to agree to grow on me X number of confidence.

And I'm -- agree to bomb found sent a plane comes to specifically forming.

And then nine euros and nine and if they had extra that I made an inside.

Needless and somebody and it's it's a whole lot of programs can grow up that nobody.

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