Real Halloweeen Horror...Pumpkin prices!

Because of problems with the pumpkin supply, they are in demand and in some cases have had to be imported from out of the country. After looking at some of the local selection and seeing that last year's $5.00 pumpkin was this year's $20.00 pumpkin? We opted for a jack-o-lantern free Halloween. Some believe this is due to Global Warming, but I remember past years when the pumpkin crop was bad, and we opted for very small pumpkins rather than to pay more per pound for something that would be carved up and left to rot (if it wasn't taken and smashed by the neighborhood hellions) than it cost to buy steak...