A leaf-shaped bottle of maple syrup beside a dish of maple syrup and a honeycomb wand - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock North Americans know that when the days grow warmer and the evenings stay cold, it's ...

As March fills with maple syrup festivals, we come to learn how maple trees aren't at all like factories or franchises. No. The sap they produce and its sugar content — all necessary to boil it down ...

After the harvesting process comes the real work of maple sugaring, which is concentrating the sap into delicious maple syrup. Commercial producers use reverse osmosis, and Kinnan says he is ...

Maple syrup is more than just something sweet. It's aromatic; one whiff conjures up a vision of Vermont. In cooking, the thick texture can add body, while the color provides hue. For those who have ...

HANOVER, MI -- They call it the Sugar Shack. And with good reason. Steam rose from the large metal pans as maple sap was boiled into maple syrup at the hands of Don White of Hanover, a Hanover-Horton ...

Maple sap production, essential for syrup, varies based on factors like soil, sunlight, and temperature. Sustained cold weather, like the winter of 2024-25, benefits maple trees and their sap ...

MacKenzie Center volunteer Judy Smith lays a yoke, with buckets of water (not sap) at each end, on the shoulders of Sierra Davis, 9, of Lodi, to demostrate how challenging it could be for children to ...

RICHMOND TWP. - The smell of wood smoke fills the sugarhouse on John and Lori Falecki's farm every March. A 600 gallon pan takes up much of the center of the room, steaming and bubbling with a layer ...

All Wisconsin crops are impacted by the weather, and that includes maple syrup. Maple sap collection involves drilling into mature trees, with modern methods like vacuum systems and pipeline networks ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — It’s as much a Michigan tradition as playing euchre or using your hand as a map. We make maple syrup here, and this time of the year is typically the sweet spot for making the ...

SEBEKA, Minn. — Maple sap has been dripping, and in some cases gushing, weeks earlier than normal for Minnesota’s maple syrup producers. The maple woods are normally just waking up and beginning to ...

Climate change is affecting the maple syrup industry, causing the season to start earlier and impacting sap production. Wisconsin ranks fourth in the nation in maple syrup production, producing ...