Wisconsin’s Ag Secretary says state inspectors work with growers to keep pests and diseases from going home with fresh Christmas tree and wreath buyers.
“It’s a partnership. We work with the growers to do everything possible to make sure that the home-grown, locally-grown tree is pest free.”
Romanski says inspectors and tree farmers watch for many things including spongy moth egg masses, elongate hemlock scale, and insects including the European pine shoot moth, balsam twig aphid, and the balsam gall midge.