Farmers in Oregon had their ‘worst summer ever’ as heat, drought and extreme weather threaten industryIt happened overnight. Larry Ryerson, 78, woke up on a Sunday morning in late June in Medford, southern Oregon, to find thousands of seedlings on his 10-acre Christmas tree farm dying.Their bright green coloring had drained away after a day of triple digit temperatures. And over the next two days, as temperatures climbed as high as 115F, Ryerson watched the young trees, many just over a foot tall, turn brown and die.“It just kind of breaks your heart that you go out there and one… Source – Full Article https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/22/christmas-tree-crisis-unfolding-oregon