maple syrup

The maple tree sap started flowing a couple of weeks early this year in eastern Canada and that’s not really a good thing.  Stretches of mild weather in January and in February is expected to produce smaller volumes of processed syrup, along with a less than perfect product.  Extended...

While Maple syrup harvest takes place in the winter months, it is June when USDA releases its final annual crop production forecast for this product.  And according to Lance Honig with NASS, this year's production forecast is on for the record books. ...

The maple sugar crop is typically a short season, but 2021 is slower than normal. What happens when the season is slower? "To lower production. In fact, production down about 16.7% from the previous season We've had less time for capturing the sap and as a result you see that lower production," noted NASS' Lance Hoenig ...