Doug and Janet married in the spring of 2012, and their plans to start making syrup came soon after visiting a maple syrup ...

Winter in Northwestern Pennsylvania can be brutal, with below-freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall becoming the norm for ...

Weather conditions haven’t been ideal for backyard maple syrup makers this season, but local sugar shacks are still boiling ...

Wisconsin Public Radio Almost 50 years ago, John Jackl and his wife Mary were looking to move out of the Milwaukee area to ...

The annual tapping of regional trees is going on now. Two local growers share learned wisdom about how it’s done combining old and new techniques.

But warmer winters and midseason thaws are disrupting that balance. Producers are being forced to adapt to protect both their trees and their livelihoods. “The recent winters have warmed up way too ...

Amid brisk and breezy weather, Western New York farmers are busy with a singularly sugary harvest. Through late winter into ...

When maple trees get cold, they produce a surplus of sugar to protect their cells from damage, acting as a sort of antifreeze ...

Discover how the Environmental Quality Incentives Program is helping maple providers improve traditional methods, making maple syrup creation more efficient and less wasteful.

Readfield nativeDavid Harriman, co-owner of Dead Stream Alpaca and Maple Farm with his wife, Karen, runs an 1,800-tap maple operation, with 800 taps on 56 acres of his own land off Winthrop Road, and ...