Pumpkin growers across the U.S. have dealt with everything from invasive fungus to extreme weather to supply chain issues leading up to Halloween this year.
John Hamby, co-owner of Pumpkin Patch Fundraisers Inc., said finding trucking capacity has been a huge struggle this season.
“We started shipping around the 15th of September. The whole season, we’ve been 40 to 50 loads behind schedule because the trucks just weren’t out there,” Hamby told FreightWaves.
Pumpkin Patch Fundraisers Inc. is based...