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Daniel Munch American Farm Bureau Federation
Dec 3, 2025
Dec 3, 2025

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Christmas-tree farms often give their customers extra benefits like shaking loose needles from trees. At Miller's Christmas Trees near Otsego, Wisconsin, workers shake trees, trim trunk bottoms, cut off extra limbs, wrap trees for transport and carry trees to vehicles plus more. Visit Facebook.com/millerstreefarm for more information.

Julie Belschner/Agri-View

Horse-drawn wagons offer family fun at Miller's Christmas Trees near Otsego, Wisconsin. Many families have visited for more than a generation. The farm offers crafts, food such as hot dogs and brats, homemade desserts and much more.

Julie Belschner/Agri-View

Santa loves real Christmas trees. Beating the forecast snowstorm, on Nov. 28 he flew into Miller's Christmas Trees near Otsego, Wisconsin, to talk to children and a newspaper editor. He's been visiting the farm for decades.

Julie Belschner/For Agri-View

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Daniel Munch is an associate economist with the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Market Intel. Visit www.fb.org/market-intel for more information.

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