All Wisconsin crops are impacted by the weather, and that includes maple syrup. Maple sap collection involves drilling into mature trees, with modern methods like vacuum systems and pipeline networks ...

On a cool February morning, buckets hung from maple trees along neighborhood streets in Milan, each one slowly filling with clear sap. Milan High School students in the Natural Resources class moved ...

The art of maple syrup production trails through generations of Danno Potter’s family history. His great-grandfather bought the family farm in the late 1880s and cleared the land for strawberries, ...

In Spring we celebrate changes in nature, and when sap starts rising in maple trees _ it’s a first indication that Spring is right around the corner. Area families gathered at River Trail Nature ...

BRAINERD — The sap flow this season was at a crawl thanks to a late and unusual spring at Brainerd’s Clayhill Farm and Forest. In partnership with Northland Arboretum, Judy and Harry Worm, owners of ...

Maple sap forms a droplet at the opening of a spile on Feb.23 as the maple syrup season begins in Quasqueton. (Orlan Love/correspondent) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using ...

Maple syrup season has returned to North Central Ohio. Sap should soon be flowing in most Ohio trees this week, said Gabe Karns, an assistant professor with the School of Environment and Natural ...

An early spring — even if it's just a tease — has maple syrup producers tapping trees. A week ago, I was struck both by the unusual site of seeing dozens of trees tapped at a local park in ...

Maple syrup making time has just about arrived in our area. Maple syrup makers make preparations well in advance in order to be ready for this hectic time of year. Weather conditions need to be just ...

Von Salmi has committed 38 years to the art of maple syrup, and neither age nor climate change will stop him from practicing his favorite hobby. In 1987, Salmi built his family's home on 15 acres of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Sands covers travel and the hospitality industry. New York produces over 820,000 gallons of maple syrup annually. The sweet ...