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    Christmas tree farmers are leaving the business at alarming rates. It could mean fewer options for consumers in coming holidays

    by Abdel Jimenez, Chicago Tribune Dec 04, 2019 3 minutes

    John Minalt, 54, has spent most of his professional career as a dentist, but on the weekends he prepares for the seasonal rush of Christmas tree shoppers.

    For the past 10 years, Minalt has been growing trees on his 20-acre Conifera Tree Farm in Harvard, Ill., more than 70 miles northwest of Chicago.

    Minalt is coming up on his third year selling balsam fir, fraser fir, spruce and white pine trees, but by tree farming standards, he's just getting started. Most farmers don't see a profit until seven to 10 years in because of

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