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Maple Syrup Quality in the Retail Marketplace 2022

By: 84ccoope

This presentation shares results from a research project that tested hundreds of online maple syrup purchases according to current quality and grading standards. Recorded 09/07/2022

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National Maple Market Development and Policy 2022

By: 84ccoope

An introduction to current efforts exploring unified U.S. maple promotion and policy frameworks to address national needs. Recorded 09/14/2022

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Maple Financial Planning & Profitability

By: 84ccoope

This presentation summarizes recent research on maple syrup cost of production and discusses strategies for financial planning to achieve profitability. Recorded 09/28/2022

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Contest Entry

By: uvmext

Summer is here and for many sugar makers that means maple contest time. Entering syrup in a contest is a great way to show off your product, make sure your syrup meets grading standards and perhaps earn a class winner or best of show ribbon. There...

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Fall Color

By: uvmext

Autumn colors in leaves of maple trees is an annual phenomenon that is highly prized for its beauty and is also economically important. As day length shortens, the tree stops making new green chlorophyll pigment while the chlorophyll already in th...

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Heat

By: uvmext

Processing sap with heat in the evaporator is essential. The reactions responsible for the development of maple syrup's characteristic color and flavors require heat to proceed. Syrup produced by methods with little or no heating, such as freeze-d...

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Grading

By: uvmext

Grade A pure maple syrup is graded on four criteria; density, clarity, color, and flavor. All syrup must be fit within a standard density of 66.9-68.9 percent sugar. Syrup must be clear and free of any suspended particles that could form during th...

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Invasive Worms

By: uvmext

Gardeners know that earthworms can be beneficial for growing vegetables and flowers by helping with soil aeration and producing fertilizer through their castings. Sugar makers may not know that earthworms and relatively newer invaders the so-calle...

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Measuring Syrup Density

By: uvmext

Most people know that to make maple syrup you have to do a lot of boiling. You collect the sap from the trees and you evaporator the water while concentrating the sugars. You might not know that to determine if you actually have correct density sy...