If you plan on buying pumpkins this fall season… don’t wait too long.

Farmers across Ontario are reporting a significant decline in pumpkin crops, with many farms experiencing one of their worst harvests in recent decades.

Ontario farmers say their yields have taken a “devastating hit,” with dry weather, low moisture and heat waves creating poor growing conditions this season.

“I thought I was going to puke,” said Donna Warner, owner of Warner Farms in Niagara Falls, Ont. “I went for a walk through the fields a couple of weeks ago and was just so upset about the turnout.”

'Last year I had 100 giant pumpkins. This year I have 14.'

Warner said her farm is down about 50 per cent this year.

“This is our lowest yield in 30 years,” she told Global News. “Input costs are so much … seeds,

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