User talk:IvoShandor/Christmas tree farm

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Sources

United States

• UIUC extension
• History of the Christmas tree
• Live Christmas tree a holiday tradition: for cultural significance section
• Cutting a Christmas tree not always bad if you do it right
• Introduction to growing Christmas trees in Virginia
• Hispanic Labor in North Carolina’s Christmas Tree Industry: Employer and Laborer Perspectives
• Christmas trees is this crop for you?
• National Agricultural Library - Christmas trees
• Safety in Christmas tree production
• National Resources Conservation Service - Christmas tree facts
• Woodland Crops: 1997 and 2002
• U.S. Census PR: many links to good sources
• Tree grades USDA

• NH grades: growers use their own systems, based on USDA
• More on grades: seems to recommend "basing" grades on USDA standard unless both customer and producer know the USDA ones.
• Same as above: plus harvest information

• WSU: a wealth of links and information
• Various links, Miss St. Univ
• Christmas Tree Area of Expertise Team: Michigan State University
• USDA essay on economics of tree farms
• Live trees

Canada

• Ontatio Xmas tree production
• Number grown
• Christmas tree production: Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Ministry
• Govt sales stats
• Import/export restrictions

U.K.

• Guardian
• British Christmas Tree Growers Association
• BBC
• Effects of tree shortage
• Northern Ireland Forest Service
• Christmas trees: NETREGS
• [Legal issues in UK
• Value and acerage of crop

Europe

• 2006 Danish tree shortage
• International Herald Tribune

Images

• Image:ChristmasTreeFarm.jpg
• [1]: VA tree farm source
• [2]: MO aerial shot source

Cultural/sentimental

• Tennessee tree farms: govt release
• Tree farm traditions: article
• New Hampshire article
• Farragut, TN article
• Florida article
• Topeka article: Christmas tree selection transcends things such as "weather" and "economy." Pish posh.
• State AG talks of tradition in NY
• More blathering about tradition

Australia

• Growing cut Christmas trees-Victoria
• Overview: Dept of Primary Industries

Real v. fake (and the market)

• Scripps Howard: 2005
• AP: 2004
• ABC News: 2004 Poll
• Smith Harroff agency overview
• Wall Street Journal: 2006
• 80s and 90s oversupply: KGW 8 News: 2006
• New York Times: 1992, oversupply
• OSU market info and other stuff]
• Including Canada —Preceding unsigned comment added by IvoShandor (talk • contribs) 10:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

History

• New York Times: 1990: gives name and founding info on first farm
• Info on first commercial Xmas tree market

Environment

• More on issues: Guardian: 2006
• A bit on potted natural trees

Legal

Canada

• Net farm income after reclassifying Xmas tree farms —Preceding unsigned comment added by IvoShandor (talk • contribs) 09:39, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
• CFIA: Canadian laws —Preceding unsigned comment added by IvoShandor (talk • contribs) 06:32, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

United States

• Classification: Washington state
• Classification: Washington state
• Classification: Wisconsin
• Occupational classification: DOL
• Forest law and tree farms
• Ohio Board of tax appeals: fuzzy nature of definitions
• Are not farm products, US DOL
• Now they are: USDA
• Federal crop disaster insurance —Preceding unsigned comment added by IvoShandor (talk • contribs) 21:30, 6 September 2007 (UTC)