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Hoe, Hoe, Hoe! Christmas Trees Are Back, In New Farm Bill

Hoe, Hoe, Hoe! Christmas Trees Are Back, In New Farm Bill, Lexington Herald-Leader, May 17, 2013. A Christmas tree-promotion program that pumped up conservative mockery and panicked the Obama administration is back for a second go-around, under a new farm bill. The bill includes $275 million for a continued Specialty Crop Research Initiative, which last year funded efforts such Christmas tree research at North Carolina State University.