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Christmas tree farming in Kansas tests patience and markets
Kansas growers pursue choose and cut trees amid a radial surge from 1970s failures to a current glut. Prairie Pines in Wichita and Noel tree farm near Leon illustrate patience and varied backgrounds. Kansas supplies about a third of the state’s 300000 Christmas trees while wholesale imports come from Oregon Michigan Wisconsin California North Carolina.
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Wichita, Kan
Bob Scott
Kansas
Continental United States
Scott
Prairie Pines
Wichita
Bill Loucks
State and Extension Service
Bob Neier
Sedgwick County Extension Service
Ralph Morgan
Leon
Loucks
Morgan
National Christmas Tree Association
Oregon
Michigan
Wisconsin
California
North Carolina
Sedgwick County
Lawrence
Neosho Basin
Neosho