Cornell University’s Uihlein Maple Research Forest in Lake Placid tries to be on the cutting edge of syrup-making innovations ...

Maple syrup is a uniquely North American product thanks to its many sugar maple trees and a freeze/thaw cycle from late winter into spring that allows sap to flow. It is a staple of the American ...

While production is much larger today, maple syrup making remains a local, often family tradition in maple making regions, ...

From late November to early March, Ella Smoot can usually be found in one of two places: the forest or the sugar shack. Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold ...

One weather fact above all others is as certain as sunrise in the morning and sunset in the evening. Above-freezing temperatures in daylight and below-freezing numbers at night mean the sap in the ...

The homesteading pros at Gold Shaw Farm demonstrate a new technique for making maple syrup. Governments are likely to pillage the $80 trillion ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ to fund their national debt, says ...

Every winter, John Cermak and his family drill holes into 2,200 maple trees on their 45-acre farm. They hammer steel spouts into those holes, and then they wait. “The ideal weather for us is when it ...