U.S. Christmas tree farmers face hard year: report

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Root rot, scant labor, foreign competition, inflation on everything from seeds to tractors, and the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Helene on the western part of North Carolina, which produces more Christmas trees than any state except Oregon, all have been combined to make historic challenges for the planters in the United States, said The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Friday.

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