Maple Syrup Grading Fundamentals: Density
How to manage and measure the density of maple syrup and why it matters.
Institution: UVM Extension
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Maple Syrup Grading Fundamentals: Color
The importance of managing and measuring syrup color.
Maple Industry Panel
What is the state of the industry? Where are bulk prices headed? How will the increase in Quebec quota impact the world supply of syrup? Industry professionals lead this panel discussion. Recorded at the 2017 Vermont Maple Conference.
Beginning Sugarmaking: Trees, Taps, Tubing & Tanks
Slides from a presentation on sugarmaking for beginners.
Fundamentals of Filtering Maple Syrup
Best practices for filtering pure maple syrup.
How deep do you tap?
An investigation into the impact of tap hole depth on tree health.
Expanding trees: diameter growth in sugar maples
Tree growth rate can be an important indicator of how well the tree will heal from tapholes.
The state of the maple industry – 2011
A summary of the current state of maple production in New England is based on surveys returned from approximately 220 sugarmakers in April, 2011.
Root pressure in trees: a spring phenomenon
Root pressure occurs when the soil begins to warm, and when snow has melted, and icy water from snow melt has largely drained from the soil, forest soils warm quickly.
Why do some maple trees produce more sap?
Many researchers, in addition to many sugarmakers, have observed that there is a great range in the amount of sap produced from individual trees in a forest. Understanding, and perhaps predicting the different performances of the trees in a sugarbush is an aspect of maple physiology that remains fascinating.