Squash prices fell across the board in the three months to 4 November 2026. All six materials in the family are down, for an average of -13.6%, the steepest decline of any vegetable family while the group as a whole gained 4.1%. Over a year the family is still 6.2% higher, and every one of its indices stands above its level of twelve months ago.
Onion squash dropped hardest, down 31.5% over three months, leaving it just 1.5% up on the year. Squash lost 17.2%, butternut 16.8% and pattypan squash 12.4%, all three still between 2.3% and 4.9% higher than a year ago.
Two materials held up far better than the family average. Pumpkin fell only 3.3% over three months and has the family's best annual gain, +14.0%, while winter squash was almost flat over the same period, at -0.4%, and is up 11.6% on the year.
The dated notes describe a large harvest in one place and small ones elsewhere. On 16 October, Germany's organic squash harvest was reported at a record, as rising production added to the pressure on prices. In North Rhine-Westphalia, growers reported harvesting fewer pumpkins on 22 October, and a Belgian producer finished a smaller harvest on 6 October, with demand picking up but prices not fully compensating for the reduced crop.
In the UK, growers reported smaller fruit and lower pumpkin yields after the hot, dry summer, according to a 5 October note. In Tholen, in the Netherlands, a grower described a smaller harvest as demand picked up; the last pumpkins there were harvested on 12 September. Earlier, on 14 August, warm weather was reported to be speeding up the growth of Dutch pumpkins.