Market conditions are good for tree farms this year, even after a tough growing season, according to the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
Texas Christmas tree producers experienced a challenging growing season, but a good holiday season market is making any additional effort and expense worth it for many.
Greg Grant, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service horticulture agent, Smith County, said 2020 has been a challenging season for many agriculture industries and businesses due to weather and the COVID-19 pandemic. But Christmas tree farms and nurseries in general have been a bright spot for Texas.
There were concerns about how the pandemic might affect tree farms, but indications are that the season is providing good market conditions for Texas producers, he said. “It was an odd year horticulturally speaking with a normal spring, decent summer and an atypically dry fall, so it’s good that the trees – the Leyland cypress and Virginian pines that are grown locally – fared relatively well,” he said.
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