On a clear fall morning at the Klausmeyer Farm and Pumpkin Patch in Clearwater, the pigs are running their first race of the day.
Dolly Porken, Peter Porker and eventual winner Albert Einswine line up at the starting gate as a crowd enthusiastically cheers them on. The race is among the many fall activities at the pumpkin patch, including tractor rides, a haunted barn and a five-acre corn maze.
This was a hard year for the Kansas pumpkin harvest because of weather, and farms are trying to make up the difference by offering these other activities They’re hoping to pig race their way to profitability…