Oregon heatwave devastates Christmas tree farms

Oregon heatwave devastates Christmas tree farms
David Matthews
Extreme heat and drought in the Pacific Northwest could keep the winter holiday season a little less cheerful, too.
An Oregon tree farmer said the unprecedented weather conditions have decimated his literal bumper crop: Christmas trees.
“It’s just really a bad time to be a Christmas tree farmer—probably the worst year we’ve had,” Matt Furrow, co-owner of Furrow Farms, in Hillsboro, outside Portland, told ABC 2.
Furrow said the entire year’s seedling trees were lost and the business would be hampered for years as a result.
© Nathan Howard
In this file photo, grounds crews load cut and packaged Christmas trees onto trucks at Noble Mountain Tree Farm on November 20, 2020 in Salem, Oregon. Noble Mountain is one of the largest Christmas tree farms in the world, harvesting about 500,000 trees per season.

Related Keywords

Hillsboro ,Oregon ,United States ,Furrow Farms ,Salem ,Portland ,Nathan Howard ,Pacific Northwest Christmas Tree Association ,Pacific Northwest ,Noble Mountain Tree Farm ,Noble Mountain ,Dana Furrow ,ஹில்ஸ்போரோ ,ஓரிகந் ,ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் ,ஸேலம் ,போர்டிலந்ட் ,நாதன் ஹோவர்ட் ,பெஸிஃபிக் வடமேற்கு கிறிஸ்துமஸ் மரம் சங்கம் ,பெஸிஃபிக் வடமேற்கு ,உன்னத மலை மரம் பண்ணை ,உன்னத மலை ,டானா உரோமம் ,