New world record set at Half Moon Bay's 50th annual pumpkin weigh-off

STORY: New world record set at Half Moon Bay's 50th annual pumpkin weigh-off DATELINE: Oct. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, the United States CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay STORYLINE: A pumpkin farmer from Minnesota won his third champion and 30,000 U.S. dollars of prize money, with a new world record at the 50th Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay on Monday. With his pumpkin weighing 2,749 pounds (1,247 kilograms), Travis Gienger broke the previous world record set by a grower in Italy who produced a 2,702-pound (1,226-kilogram) squash in 2021, according to Guinness World Records. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Los Angeles, the United States. (XHTV)