Rain May Put Pumpkin Pie in Peril, Nestle Says

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By Becky Ogann

Story Created: Nov 19, 2009 at 1:15 PM CST

Story Updated: Nov 23, 2009 at 1:32 PM CST

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Pumpkin pie fans might want to shop for ingredients a bit earlier this year.

Nestle says poor weather hurt the pumpkin harvest, creating a potential shortage of its Libby's pumpkin pie products through the holidays.

Nestle sells nearly all the canned pumpkin in the U.S. It plants a special strain of pumpkin at a farm in the central Illinois community of Morton.

That Illinois farm provides nearly all of Nestle's products. Company spokeswoman Roz O'Hearn says if you turned all the pumpkins on the farm into pie, it would total 90 million pies.

In a statement to customers this week, Nestle said heavy rains made it nearly impossible to pick its pumpkins during this year's harvest.

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