christmas tree

A $5.00 permit allows a family to chop down one tree in the forest, with a height limit of 15 feet.

The State Department of Agriculture is asking Washingtonians to check their Christmas trees, wreathes and other purchased holiday greenery for invasive species.  Last week WSDA confirmed elongate hemlock scale, Fiorinia externa, on out-of-state sourced holiday greenery.  The Dep...

Celebrating Christmas in our nation's capital has a long, and colorful history.  Gary Crawford take a look back.     If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-9791, or e-mail glenn.vaagen@townsquaremedia.com ...

If you are out hunting for a real Christmas tree this year experts say with tight supplies of available trees, the sooner you do your tree hunting the better.  But it does look like everybody who wants a real tree will be able to have one but finding one a few days before Christmas might be challenging.  Now whe...

Christmas tree growers are overcoming logistical challenges of COVID-19 and the heatwave that baked the Pacific Northwest this summer to provide enough trees for 2021 demand. After close evaluation and making tree-by-tree decisions, growers expect to supply the same overall number of real Christmas trees to the marketplace this season as they had planned before the crises hit ...

According to NASS, Oregon Christmas tree growers cut fewer trees last year, but made more money. In 2020, 3.44 million trees were cut and sold, down 27% from the last time the survey was conducted, in 2015. However, gross sales in 2020 totaled $107 million, up 26% from 2015 ...

Maybe you’ve heard there is going to be a shortage of Christmas trees this year.  Whether you heard that on-line, from your mom or somewhere else, know it is not true.   “We are not going to run out of Christmas trees," said Angie Smith, Executive Director of the Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association.  "I can tell you the...

For Pennsylvania Christmas tree grower, Larry Snyder,  growing trees is more than a business, he says it's all about "joy and happiness."  And he says his job provides a lot of that.   "Raising a product which will be one day in someone's home creating happiness and joy for those people," Snyder said.   And o...

For a North Carolina Christmas tree farmer supplying a tree for the White House Blue Room is a dream come true.  And as Gary Crawford explains, for his special tree it's a true Cinderella story.       If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio.com...

While Christmas might be in the rearview mirror, Christmas tree farmers who grow Frasier Firs are dealing with a unique challenge as they head into next year.   Diane Chapman, a Christmas Tree grower, said cones didn’t used to develop until around the 15th year, but now they are seeing younger Frasier Fir trees producing cones.   “...