"There will be a Christmas tree both real and artificial for everyone who wants to celebrate with one. "And so, the price of trees is clearly going up and that's in part because we are low on them," he said, adding that this year he will pass on a $50 increase to consumers. "Climate change is impacting all agriculture and in different ways," he explained, adding that certain trees he once grew prevalently are now under siege by a fungus that emerged with changing weather conditions. "Floods, heat waves, wildfires and smoke from the fires has really, really hampered growers in the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest," Warner said.Ĭhristmas tree farmer Frans Kok, owner of Middleburg Christmas Tree Farm in northern Virginia, echoed similar concerns over the changing climate. What's more, while Christmas trees are farmed across the nation, the majority of America's trees are from Oregon and Washington and have taken the brunt of extreme weather events. "Christmas tree growers also have shipping issues as well because they can't find trucks to take the trees that they do have to market," Warner explained when asked about potential tree shortages. Warner says it will also be difficult this year for consumers in the market for real Christmas trees thanks to a combination of supply chain disruptions and weather disasters influenced by climate change. Climate disruption a factor for real trees We decided that we would pay the exorbitant rates that were being charged to make sure we got as many containers as we could," Butler said, adding that he was short 1,000 containers but nearly 90% of his orders were fulfilled.īutler said that this year consumers will potentially see a 25% price increase this year due to the hike in transportation costs. "Last year we paid $2,000 to $3,000 for containers and this year we're paying in the region of $20,000. "Since May, due to backups from Covid-19, it's been a real struggle to just get containers," Butler said, adding that he saw prices begin to climb in June. We had shutdowns across the world at varying times which caused significant delays and shortages and now as production recovers, the ports, logistics and trucking are all stressed," Druehl added.īutler said every year he pays for thousands of shipping containers to move product from manufacturing facilities in China to the United States. "Our supply chains tend to be fairly long and have always been vulnerable but the pandemic made it more apparent.
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