Michigan produces about 1/5 of all the Christmas trees used in the United States. That's about 5 million Michigan trees each year. Three quarters of those trees are Scotch pine and the rest are mostly firs and spruces.

Growing Christmas trees is a complex, labor intensive process and is closer to farming than any other branch of forestry. Growers have to:

Baling trees before they are shipped.

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