HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A Minnesota horticulture teacher set a world record in California on Monday for the heaviest pumpkin after growing a giant jack-o’-lantern gourd weighing 2,749 pounds ...

Farming towns across the country host annual giant pumpkin weigh-off competitions, inspiring growers to invest their time and money into feeding massive gourds. About 125 giant pumpkin contests are ...

Among the greatest is Gienger, four-time winner of the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off, the hobby’s Super Bowl. Gienger has earned tens of thousands of dollars from the national contest, ...

A Minnesota horticulture teacher remained the reigning champion Monday of an annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California where his massive gourds have won the top prize four years in a row.

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Giant pumpkin grower Joe Adkins shows off his backyard patch in suburban Wheaton, Illinois, in September. He hauled one of his pumpkins to the annual Illinois Giant Pumpkin Growers Association's weigh ...

ANOKA, Minn. -- On a chilly April morning, Travis Gienger took his first gamble of the 2025 season. The world-champion giant-pumpkin grower typically starts his seeds indoors. But this year he was out ...

This massive 2,346-pound pumpkin would make one scary jack-o-lantern. After narrowly missing the title last year, electrical vehicle engineer Brandon Dawson won the top prize at the Safeway World ...