The Maine Maple Producers Association held its annual competition Friday to determine the season’s top products in several categories.
maple syrup
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Maple syrup producers’ 2023 yields depended on location
In this area, the farther north a producer lives, maple syrup yields were lower.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Maine maple syrup production was lowest in over a decade
Weather conditions in northern parts of the state resulted in the lowest yield since 2012.
Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Maple syrup producers optimistic about season’s sap run
Warm weather last month allowed for early runs of what some farms report was a particularly tasty product.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
New Yorker’s first Maine Maple Sunday
Staff writer Kay Neufeld spent the weekend of Maine Maple Sunday tapping trees, boiling down sap, and learning the ins and outs of what it takes to make local maple syrup. She quickly learned the process is about passion, not profit.
Posted inAndroscoggin County
Photo Album: Blais Maple Syrup welcomes visitors to its sugar shack
Established in 2015, Marcel Blais began boiling syrup in a turkey fryer outdoors and had 15 to 35 taps — or spouts — in the trees on his property. The operation now has more than 1,100 taps.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine
Maine Maple Weekend offers sweet fun
“Maine Maple Sunday is a Maine tradition. It’s (raising) awareness, it’s selling (syrup), it’s showing people how it’s processed, how things are done. It’s getting it out there that maple syrup is a natural sweetener that you can use in anything,” said Mario Blais.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine Maple Sunday Weekend is back at ‘full steam’
Loyal customers and comfort food cravings helped carry sugarhouses through the pandemic, but maple producers are excited to see visitors again, face to face.