As cold nights and slightly warmer days continue across the Poconos, maple season is underway. Those temperature swings are ...

After wild temperature swings in February, Hardwick Sugar Shack owners Joe and Megan Raskett aren’t sure how much longer the maple sugaring season will last. The Rasketts started boiling their maple ...

Maple syrup has long been the lifeblood of Virginia’s Highland County. This year, a brutal ice storm and recent warmth ...

This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri in partnership with Report for America, with major funding ...

Love the warmth or hate it, one thing is for sure. It may be a sweet season for maple syrup. The warm weather has already triggered the maple sap to start running. In fact, one of Michigan’s largest ...

Cornell researchers have developed a new method to help maple producers who are struggling with costs and rising temperatures ...

Maple sap production, essential for syrup, varies based on factors like soil, sunlight, and temperature. Sustained cold weather, like the winter of 2024-25, benefits maple trees and their sap ...

The sight of a steady drip of sap brought elation to Paula Babel as she lifted a metal bucket hanging off a spile in a sugar maple tree that she calls the “queen of trees.” She poured the crystal ...

Steam is puffing from the tall, metal stack on Couture’s Sugar House in Westfield, Vermont – a smoke-signal invitation to ...