
This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was chopped down in Rensselaer County, New York. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. Statistically speaking, that’s unusual. While New York state is one of the 10 leading producers of Christmas trees in the U.S., according to the Department of Agriculture, it accounts for less than 3% of the nation’s cut Christmas tree output.
Main Idea: The story shows where Christmas trees are grown in the U.S. and notes that Oregon leads the country by a wide margin.
Key Points:
Heavy Christmas tree production can strain land and local water in farm states, and a bad harvest could raise holiday prices for households.
Christmas tree farms support rural jobs and small businesses, especially in Oregon, Michigan, and North Carolina.
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