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Oct 31, 2020
Oct 31, 2020

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Shannon Leer, a giant-pumpkin grower near Pigeon Falls, Wisconsin, proudly displays the results of his work in his yard.

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Black River Falls Downtown Association giant pumpkin

A pumpkin grown by John Lanier of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, weighs more than 1,200 pounds. If you take a picture with the giant pumpkin, post it on Facebook and tag the Black River Falls Downtown Association by Oct. 31; submitters will be entered into a cash drawing.

Courtesy of the Black River Falls Downtown Association

Giant-pumpkin growers John Barlow, left, and Caleb Jacobus are barely visible in 2018 behind their Wisconsin-state-record 2,283-pound pumpkin.

Photo courtesy SWnews4u.com

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Chris Hardie For Agri-View

Halloween and harvest season is the time of year when we pay lots of attention to large garden fruit.

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Chris Hardie and his wife, Sherry, raise animals and crops on his great-grandparents’ Jackson County farm. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2001, he’s a former member of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and past-president of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. Email chardie1963@gmail.com with comments.