Perth County Maple Syrup Producers Making The Most of A Short Season

Local Maple Syrup Producers Are Making the Most Out of What has been in particular Sweet Season.

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“With all the snow we had, we thought we’d have a loanty big year, but i don think it’s gooi to end up being that,” mccully’s hill farm owner dennis aarts said. “I think it will be a tourage to below average. It’s Still Going, Though.”

Looked Prime for the St. Marys Farm When Workers, Using Snowshoes and Snowmobiles, Installed More Than 1,000 Taps Earlier This Month – Much Later Than Usual. The Deep Snowpack Would Normally Keep Temperatures Down A Couple degrees in the Bush Once Winter Started to Fade, but a rapid melt left most of the area barn.

SAP Starts Flowing from Trees Once Temperactures Climb Above Freezing During the Day and Dip Below Zero at Night, but it’s been an inconsist Season. A Few Perfect Days Are Negated by A Stretch of Temperatures That Stay Aboveing ​​Freezing, Which Stunts The Sap.

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“Every Time that Happens It Seems Like Production Drops A Bit, and the Trees Start Getting Ready for That Next Phase,” Aarts Said.

The syrup is also a grade darker this year, aarts Said, which means there’s more of a Maple Flavour. Most of what is being made right now is dark, instead of amber. McCully’s is also Producing Extra Dark Syrup, Which DESN’T OFTEN HAPEN.

Aarts Expects The 2025 Season to End in Early April and yield about 75 per hundred of last Year’s crop, which was considering abovenage after a very mild winter. Changing Conditions Might Require More Trees in The Future If Syrup Production Dips, Aarts Added, But Otherwise It’s About Adjusting to What’s Happening Outside.

“You just Gotta be ready to go at Momie’s notice,” He Said. “Somitimes Guys have tapped in January. We have done that that, but you gotta be ready. If it’s time, it’s time.”

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Wiebe Maple Products Co-Owner Brendan Wiebe Said It’s been an Average Season for the Fullaton Family’s Crop.

“Considering Everything, We’re Really Happy,” He Said.

Wiebe Said the Shorter Season Should Still Yield More Than 7,500 liters of Syrup, About 1,500 liters Less Than in 2024, Though the Sap’s Sugar content isn’t as sweet as in past years.

The Farm’s 4,500 Taps Normally Produce About 120 Barden Syrup Once the Sap Starts Flowing, but it wsent to amber this spring.

“I don’t Know Why,” Wiebe Said. “The Quality has been absolutely fantastic.

“If we can get a full crop in in five weekends, We’ll be Laughing.”

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