{"id":947178,"date":"2021-10-31T22:13:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T02:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=947178"},"modified":"2021-10-31T22:13:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T02:13:40","slug":"christmas-tree-shortages-loom-for-several-states-ahead-of-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christmas-tree-shortages-loom-for-several-states-ahead-of-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Tree Shortages Loom for Several States Ahead of Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchristmas-tree-shortages-loom-for-several-states-ahead-of-holiday-season%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=947178&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Several states are looking at Christmas tree shortages ahead of this year\u2019s holiday season, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Vendors in Sacramento, California, are <a href=\"https:\/\/sacramento.cbslocal.com\/2021\/10\/28\/christmas-tree-turkey-shortage-unlikely-california\/\">expected<\/a> to be affected by supply chain issues in addition to droughts and fires in nearby Oregon where many vendors in the Sacramento area get their trees, according to CBS Sacramento.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Chad Ericson owns Chad\u2019s Christmas Trees in the Sacramento area and says the droughts and fires are a significant factor in this year\u2019s shortage of trees.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christmas Tree Shortage? Yes. Turkey Shortage? Unlikely For California\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8C3OOEK7T40?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe reason for the shortage, of course, is for the drought, fires. The weather, this year as terrible,\u201d Ericson told CBS Sacramento. \u201cA lot of the bigger buyers, Home Depot or Lowe\u2019s, we don\u2019t expect them to have as many trees.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Ericson expects five or six truckloads, carrying 500 trees a pop, to be delivered to his lot, and he says some of the trees may be burned, according to CBS Sacramento.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf they do see a burnt spot on the tree, doesn\u2019t mean the tree\u2019s dead by any means, it just means the side of the tree got cooked for seven days straight. It\u2019s not used to that,\u201d Ericson told the outlet.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The American Christmas Tree Association (ACTA) says that some tree farmers in the Pacific Northwest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christmastreeassociation.org\/american-christmas-tree-association-recommends-u-s-consumers-find-their-christmas-tree-early-this-season\/\">lost<\/a> 90 percent of their crops as a result of droughts and heatwaves.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18529090\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"39\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/10\/wi\/ap\/30\/climate-cop26-changed-aug-17-2021-file-photo-embers-light-up-hillsides-dixie-fire-burns-mil.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18529090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/climate-cop26-changed-aug-17-2021-file-photo-embers-light-up-hillsides-dixie-fire-burns-mil-1024x681-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"697\" height=\"463\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Aug. 17, 2021, file photo, embers light up hillsides as the Dixie Fire burns near Milford in Lassen County, CA. World leaders have been trying to do something about climate change for 29 years but in that time Earth has gotten much hotter and more dangerous. (AP Photo\/Noah Berger, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Droughts in states like Oregon and Washington are not the only weather-related issues that affected tree supply this year. Cowboy State Daily <a href=\"https:\/\/cowboystatedaily.com\/2021\/10\/28\/national-christmas-tree-shortage-will-affect-wyoming\/\">says<\/a> Wyoming and other states nationwide will be affected by a cold snap that took place in Wisconsin and froze trees, causing needles to turn brown.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Christmas tree shortages are not just confined to live trees as supply chain issues have played a role in the limited availability of artificial trees, according to the ACTA.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe artificial Christmas tree supply is also facing challenges this year,\u201d the ACTA stated in September. \u201cThe COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing economic recovery has&nbsp;overwhelmed the U.S. supply chain&nbsp;with increased demand for consumer goods, raw materials, and transportation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis supply chain overload means that there will be fewer artificial trees available for consumer purchase this season, and those that are available will come with a higher price tag,\u201d the ACTA added.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Capp, who owns Taylor Creek in Green Bay, WI, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc26.com\/news\/local-news\/supply-chain-issues-leading-to-shortage-of-artificial-christmas-trees\">said<\/a> that many shipments of artificial trees, which generally arrive in early fall, still have not arrived due to worker shortages, according to an October 24 article from NBC 26.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18333922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"40\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/10\/wi\/ap\/15\/holiday-hiring-lone-shopper-pushes-cart-display-christmas-sales-costco-warehouse-late-thursday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18333922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/holiday-hiring-lone-shopper-pushes-cart-display-christmas-sales-costco-warehouse-late-thursday-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"647\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A lone shopper pushes a cart past a display for Christmas sales in a Costco warehouse late Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, in Lone Tree, CO. Companies that typically hire thousands of seasonal workers are heading into the holidays during one of the tightest job markets in decades, making it unlikely they\u2019ll find all the workers they need. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe do have trees in stock it\u2019s just we don\u2019t have our full selection,\u201d Capp told NBC 26. \u201cSomething might be in clear lights and they want it in multi or the other way around or different heights in trees because we go from four and a half feet to twelve feet tall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inflated shipping costs are causing Capp and other retailers to increase prices on artificial trees, according to NBC 26. Capp says his artificial trees will see a five to ten percent price increase as a result.<\/p>\n<p>The ACTA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christmastreeassociation.org\/2021-trend-alert-consumers-are-making-the-most-of-their-2021-christmas-trees-by-thinking-outside-the-box\/\">recommended<\/a> consumers purchase their trees early this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several states are looking at Christmas tree shortages ahead of this year\u2019s holiday season, according to reports. 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