Real Christmas Tree Prices Expected To Stay Flat At Wholesale
Brownfield
The Real Christmas Tree Board says the majority of wholesale growers aren’t planning on raising prices this year.
Executive Director Marsha Gray tells Brownfield their annual survey questions farms that supply up to two-thirds of the Christmas trees grown in the U.S.
“Eighty-four percent said they were not raising prices at all,” she shares. “In fact, several said we’re actually reducing our prices. So we think that’s great news, that’s a great starting point for every retailer. We’re expecting kind of a level season for pricing.”
Gray says farms appear to be absorbing slight cost increases, with about a third of growers expecting to sell more trees this holiday season than last year.
She says there are dozens of varieties of real Christmas trees, with firs the most common, and some regional differences.
“If you want to get a local tree and you’re in Arkansas, Alabama, Texas, Georgia, you’re going to be buying a Cypress, and they each have their unique characteristics, their unique fragrance,” she says.
Oregon, North Carolina, and Michigan are the top Christmas tree-growing states.