Like the state's producers of corn and soybeans, the year's drought set back Christmas tree farmers, but this year's selection of fresh foliage for the holidays won't likely be affected.
Area tree growers say the year's lack of rain and the summer's weeks of intense heat killed their youngest trees -- the ones planted this spring or last year -- but the ones ready for market, the seven-foot-tall tall pines that families love, are largely intact.
"It's a financial loss for the farmer rather than for the consumers," said Charlie Ide, who runs Ide Christmas Tree Farm in Downers Grove.
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