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If you like pumpkin pie, thank Illinois. Were the top producer in the nation. And despite a drought, the states 2023 crop is expected to weigh at least 650 million pounds.

If you like pumpkin pie, thank Illinois. Were the top producer in the nation. And despite a drought, the states 2023 crop is expected to weigh at least 650 million pounds.

Suburban farming family patriarch Jim Goebbert is being remembered as a man who was passionate about his lifes work and loved his family.

A stroll through a field of sunflowers offers an up-close look at the beautiful flowers. But the view from the sky offers a magnificent perspective at some of the 12 acres of sunflowers at Goebberts Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard in Pingree Grove.   The Goebbert farm, started by Lloyd Goebbert and his wife Terry, is in its 36th year of business. Although they have been farming since 1986, this is only the second year for the 12 acres of the NuSun variety of sunflowers. The three 4-acre mazes ...