Maple In The News

New York maple syrup production outpaces Maine New York produced 1,000 more gallons Published  11:22 AM EDT Jun 27, 2014 http://www.wmtw.com/news/new-york-maple-syrup-production-outpaces-maine/26692988#!4UxtL Chad Diamond View Large New York state has edged out Maine to keep its spot as the nation's second biggest producer of maple syrup.    The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports New York produced 546,000 gallons of syrup in 2014, just 1,000 gallons more than Maine.    Vermont easily held on to the top position, producing more maple syrup than Maine and New York combined.    Overall, syrup production in the northeast was down in 2014 because the long winter delayed the start...

FROM NORTH COUNTRY PUBLIC RADIO http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/24189/20140228/canton-teen-is-young-maple-syrup-entrepreneur   Canton teen is young maple syrup entrepreneur by Todd Moe, in pyrites, ny http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/reporters/6/todd-moe Feb 28, 2014 — Joshua Parker doesn't have his driver's license yet, but he's a young maple syrup entrepreneur with big plans. At 16, he's one of the country's youngest maple producers.Joshua catches rides with his dad and neighbors to check the taps in his sugar bush. And even though he relies on advice from more experienced maple producers, he's the boss and owner of Parker Maple Farm, near Canton. Five years ago, he started tapping sap with 10...

  BERTRAND MAROTTE MONTREAL — The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Apr. 17 2013, 11:52 AM EDT Last updated Wednesday, Apr. 17 2013, 5:49 PM EDT Quebec’s maple-syrup syndicate is cracking down on rogue sugar shacks, seizing the sweet-tooth assets of producers who are alleged to be flouting the province’s strict regulation of sap. Steve Côté, owner of a 450-acre spread in the Eastern Townships south of Sherbrooke, was stunned Tuesday morning to see a bailiff and three men in two tractor trailers pull in with a court-approved order to seize his entire 2013 production: about 100 barrels and several boxes containing...

Metcalfes distill new liqueur flavor on Hogback http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_22967995/metcalfes-distill-new-liqueur-flavor-hogback By CHRIS MAYS / Reformer Staff Posted:   04/06/2013 03:00:00 AM EDT Updated:   04/06/2013 03:00:35 AM EDT Saturday April 6, 2013 MARLBORO -- Ed Metcalfe is modest about his liqueur business, but he has plans to expand. "We're a really small operation," he said. "We were licensed two or three years ago and went into production in November of last year." The first product that Ed and his son, Gus, 25, made was Metcalfe's Vermont Maple Cream Liqueur. People said it tasted like melted maple syrup. This concoction was made by...

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