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In response to ""More than 90% of the American pumpkin crop comes from within 90 miles of Peoria, Illinois." -- nm" by NPR Marketplace

I know they're the biggies for pumpkins, by a lot; but I doubt that number. hmm. let's google! yah, that's not right.

Posted by b. (aka starrynit) Oct 7 '15, 15:37

I found a more recent stats gov't report, but it's pdf. this pretty graphic shows about the same numbers.

(even for related stats, it's not right.)

link! (www.ers.usda.gov)

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The 90 percent stat could be just canned pumpkin. -- nm - Ender Oct 7, 15:42 3
- googling finds many hits referencing the stat as coming from the university of illinois. here's the first hit, trying to find the source. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 7, 15:52 1
  - whoops, that was meant to be a different link, one from a uofi extension; but here's the univ.'s facts page - yah, it's processed pumpkins. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 7, 15:56
- which isn't pumpkin. it is a different kind of squash, generally. -- nm* - andie Oct 7, 15:48

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