Michigan grows a lot of Christmas trees. It ranks third in the nation in overall production, only behind Oregon and North Carolina.
Michigan State Christmas tree educator Bill Lindberg expects farmers to harvest around two million trees this holiday season. That's about the same number as last year.
But he says a wet spring really helped this year's crop flourish.
"We did get a little bit dry towards the end of late summer, early fall, August, September into October. But at that point in the year, most of the trees had their growth completed already."
Lindberg says the industry is seeing an influx of young farmers. A new M-S-U survey shows 25-percent of producers have less than 10 years of experience growing Christmas trees. That's likely due to low start-up costs.
Linderberg says the most popular tree this year is the Fraser fir.
