Effects of spout and drop sanitation strategy on sap yield and net profit
An Excel spreadsheet that can be used to determine the effects of replacing or cleaning spouts and droplines on sap yield and profit.
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Relationships Between Tubing System Component Age and Sap Yield: A Preliminary Assessment
Although a number of factors affect maple sap flow in vacuum tubing systems, it has become increasingly apparent that sap yields are largely a function of two major influences: vacuum level at the taphole and taphole and tubing sanitation.
Are used maple spouts and new spouts equal?
Research results from experiments on sap yield using new and used spouts.
Maple best management practices
A handbook of best management practices for maple producers to help commercial producers identify possible enhancements to their sugaring operations that maintain high standards of cleanliness in all phases of the process, reduce to the lowest extent possible the potential for contamination of the finished product, and achieve the highest possible quality pure maple syrup.
Keeping Lead Out of Maple Syrup: A Guide to the Use of Sap Collecting and Syrup Making Equipment
Brochure explaining possible sources of lead resulting from maple equipment and how to test for it.
Connecticut Maple Syrup Producers Manual
A guide to producing maple syrup efficiently and safely.
Chemical Safety in Maple Sugaring Operations
This brochure is intended to raise awareness among sugarmakers about hazardous chemicals commonly being used in sugaring operations as well as the need to use these materials safely, in a way which protects personal and food product safety. This brochure will outline 1) the most common types of chemical hazards associated with sugarhouse chemicals, 2) basic guidelines for using chemicals safely, and 3) where to get more detailed information.
Limitations in the Use of Ozone to Disinfect Maple Sap
This article reports on experiments to determine the usefulness of ozone as a method of reducing the microbial levels in maple sap.
Bacterial Adhesion to Plastic Tubing Walls
The advent of plastic tubing systems to collect sap has eliminated several problems associated with the traditional bucket system. However, plastic tubing systems also present some problems of their own. Sap quality problems arise if the lines sag and the sap lingers within the tubings or the large conduits. In addition, the warming effect of the sun increases the tem perature within the tubing to optimum levels for microbial growth and sap flow may decrease because of “organic buildup” on the internal tubing walls. This buildup is a result of the adhesion of microorganisms to the tubing walls.
Treatment of Sugar Maple Sap with In-Line Ultraviolet Light
We initiated a controlled test of the effect of in-line UV light on the microorganisms in free-flowing sugar maple sap that had not been treated by PFA pellets at the taphole. We also wanted to test the effect of temperature-controlled sap storage for five intervals up to 7 days (167 h) prior to processing to syrup.