Alabama NewsCenter — Good tidings for Alabama Christmas-tree shoppers: Prices for live trees easing off last year’s big bump

By: Cole Sikes

Alabama tree farmer says growers faced many challenges in 2023.

Steve Mannard of Fish River Farms in Baldwin County sums up the 2023 Christmas-tree growing season in one word.

“The best way to describe this year was challenging,” Mannard said.

“Cold temperatures in the spring caused certain trees to brown in the tops and the sides,” Mannard said. But that wasn’t the only issue.

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