Ready to do some Thanksgiving shopping? Though the holiday is still 46 days away, experts are saying if you wish to have homemade pumpkin pie, you might want to grab a can or two of the pureed stuff ahead of time just to be safe.

“I would not wait until Nov. 20,” University of Illinois professor Mohammad Babadoost said, referencing the week before the Nov. 27 Thanksgiving holiday. “I’d buy it whenever it comes to the store.”

That’s because Illinois, the producer of 90 percent of U.S. pumpkins, experienced a record amount of rainfall in June, washing out the crop.

Read the article “Looking Forward to Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie? You Should Buy This Key Ingredient Now” on theblaze.com.