Why your Christmas tree may cost more this year
STORY: If you’re looking to bring home a fresh Christmas tree this year... prepare to pay a little more.
That’s because, like just about everything else, costs for farmers have gone up.
JOHN WYCKOFF: “Fertilizer prices are going up 350%, fuel prices up 500% for off-road diesel. Labor’s going up. Minimum wage increases. You know, everything’s relative.”
John Wyckoff runs the Wyckoff Christmas Tree Farm with his wife Leslie in New Jersey.
On 170 acres there are roughly 70,000 trees growing.
And this year, it's been one challenge after another.
The season saw a slow start due to rain.
And then, costs for everything kept climbing.
The Wyckoff’s aren’t alone in facing those pressures.
A recent survey of U.S. wholesale producers and distributors by the Real Christmas Tree Board found, by a wide margin, prices are set to go up.
Marsha Gray is the group’s executive director.
“They told us, um, 71%, the largest range, 71% felt they were going to increase their wholesale price from 5 to 15% somewhere in that window.”
Wyckoff’s rising input costs mean he too will have to raise prices.
“I just try to make sure we keep our prices as reasonable as possible.”
That means some families will spend more for a tree, leaving less for the stuff meant to go under it.
And that's tough for John, who prides himself on his product.
“We’ve supplied trees to the White House, we’ve supplied trees to the Vice President’s residence. We really strive to put out the best possible product we can.”
Still, even with a bump in cost…
“I bought 3 trees today. One for my son’s house, two for my own.”
…some customers are undeterred.
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