Source: SOUTHEAST FARM PRESS, 12/21/17

With Christmas just a few days away you may have read about a shortage of real Christmas trees this holiday season. The shortage was reported as the result of the Great Recession about a decade ago when cash-strapped consumers with tight wallets cut back on buying many things including the annual fresh and real Christmas tree. Christmas tree growers responded to the reduced demand and planted other crops to bring in family income to wait...

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