Time to Pick a Virginia Grown Pumpkin

The Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (VDACS) estimates that Virginia farmers will sell around 67.5 million pounds of pumpkins this year. That figure is based on three thousand acres with 1,500 saleable pumpkins per acre or 4.5 million pumpkins with an average weight of 15 pounds each. Some experts think the yield might even be higher per acre, which would increase that total. The value of the crop to the growers is estimated to be around $10 million this year.