Factors of production

The Land, Labor, and Capital That Make a Giant Vegetable

Having reported on last year’s giant pumpkin, we now have the 2026 update. A whopper, the Guinness record-breaker is named Bagheera and grown in the UK. Weighing 2,856.8 lbs. (1,295.8 kg), its circumference was more than 20 feet. Meanwhile in the United States, at a Utah competition, we had a heartbreaker when the winner of a giant pumpkin contest was disqualified. The reason was the rot that dropped out of the pumpkin during the official weigh-in. A rot patch could be no bigger than 3 inches, and this one was larger. As a result, the 2,144 pound giant pumpkin named Candy Corn won. ….[READ]