While production is much larger today, maple syrup making remains a local, often family tradition in maple making regions, ...

Minnesota maple syrup makers Miriam and Dave Rogotzke, prepare for a promising sap season with consistent optimal weather ...

Maple syrup is a uniquely North American product thanks to its many sugar maple trees and a freeze/thaw cycle from late winter into spring that allows sap to flow. It is a staple of the American ...

Every winter, John Cermak and his family drill holes into 2,200 maple trees on their 45-acre farm. They hammer steel spouts into those holes, and then they wait. “The ideal weather for us is when it ...

In order to harvest sap, maple trees need to be in a climate with weather fluctuations that freeze the sap, and thaw it, helping it flow. This is why states that have strong winters tend to favor ...

From late November to early March, Ella Smoot can usually be found in one of two places: the forest or the sugar shack. Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold ...

Maple syrup has long been the lifeblood of Virginia’s Highland County. This year, a brutal ice storm and recent warmth ...

The official state tree of Wisconsin is the Sugar Maple, and its sap is the primary source of maple syrup. Since it takes at least several hundred sugar maples to make syrup production profitable, ...