VegetablesUS farms harvest pumpkins on more than 99,000 acres, led by Illinois
Pumpkins are grown in all 50 states on about 15,000 farms, and 85% of the harvested area serves the fresh and ornamental market, USDA's Economic Research Service says.
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LivestockScotland's cattle herd grows for the first time since 2021, census shows
The June 2026 agricultural census counted 1.67 million cattle, up 0.7%, and more pigs, but sheep and poultry fell, soft fruit hit a ten-year low and spring barley shrank.
EnvironmentTile drainage spreads across northern US cropland, census shows
Counties in the northern Midwest and Northeast raised their share of tile-drained cropland by 8 percentage points or more between 2012 and 2022, USDA economists report.