10/11/2026
Orange rows run out to a flat High Plains horizon, and the county they grow in holds the bulk of Texas's pumpkin farmland, according to Texas A&M AgriLife. Floyd County's agent, Mark Carroll, told AgriLife Today in 2022 that Floyd County, around Floydada, holds most of the state's pumpkin acreage.
Floydada is the county seat, on the Llano Estacado, roughly fifty miles northeast of Lubbock. The Texas State Historical Association lists its farm economy as cotton, wheat, vegetables, soybeans, corn and sunflowers, and pumpkins are the crop the town became known for within that mix.
What leaves the county leaves by truck. Wholesale loads travel to Oklahoma and Mississippi, AgriLife Today reports. The Texas Tribune adds that one large Floydada grower, Pumpkin Pyle Farm, also ships to Arkansas and Florida and supplies H-E-B.
The Tribune also reports that the field has narrowed. Far fewer growers farm it today than in the late 1980s, so a handful of farms now carry a business that once spread across many.
A scene like this also explains how a small town ends up on so many Texas front steps without most people knowing its name.
Where did the last pumpkin you brought home come from: a grocery pile, a roadside stand, or a patch you drove out to?
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Sources:
- Texas A&M AgriLife Today, https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2022/10/04/texas-pumpkin/
- The Texas Tribune, https://www.texastribune.org/2025/10/30/halloween-floydada-texas-pumpkin-industry
- Texas State Historical Association, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/floydada-tx
