MILTON, Vt. — Maple syrup production has come a long way from metal buckets hung on trees, but even high-tech operations have had to rely on old-fashioned foot patrols to fix a common problem — leaks.

MILTON, Vt. — Maple-syrup production has come a long way from metal buckets hung on trees, but until recently, even high-tech operations have had to rely on old-fashioned foot patrols to fix a common ...

All Wisconsin crops are impacted by the weather, and that includes maple syrup. Maple sap collection involves drilling into mature trees, with modern methods like vacuum systems and pipeline networks ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The tubes that draw sap from trees straight to sugar houses often get pulled ...

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Late one afternoon last March, the sun was going down and so was the temperature. Alan Greene, sporting his usual black Carhartt overalls and a handlebar mustache, hopped into his pickup and drove ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DIXFIELD — Unprecedented heat last week dashed the hopes of many a maple ...

At “sugaring-off” dinners, celebratory meals marking the close of maple syrup season, the air and your hair smell like maple syrup and guests leave with a high that has little to do with the amount of ...

In Vermont, maple syrup is growing jobs and allowing farmers to make a profit. When most people imagine maple syrup production, they think of buckets hanging from trees collecting sap. But these days, ...

WEST TOPSHAM, Vt. – A winter thaw in the Northeast triggered sap to flow in maple trees, launching an early start to the syrup season for some producers in parts of New England who have already ...