A ceremonial tree tapping happened in Somerset County Saturday, looking to celebrate the maple season. Last year's Pennsylvania Maple Queen Laura Boyce was in attendance at Hillegas Sugar Camp ...

The nights are still cold but days are (mostly) becoming milder. That means it’s time to tap into those maple trees to begin the process of converting the sticky sap into delicious maple syrup or ...

Environmental studies professor James Skillen is no stranger to maple syrup. When Skillen attended Cornell University in New York from 2001 to 2006, he took part in their Sugar Maple Research and ...

By Peter Albert In 2017, the Times-Standard published my article about producing syrup from Humboldt County bigleaf maples. I ...

Even though Somerset County is in the heart of winter, maple producers are already celebrating the oncoming spring. The annual Somerset County Maple Producers' Association tree-tapping ceremony is at ...

With an unusual weather pattern this winter including warmer than usual temperatures, sugar farmers have been able to get an early start on their sugar tapping this year. But what goes into a season ...

SUTTON — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott tapped a maple tree at Pure Gold Sugaring in Sutton on March 3 to recognize the beginning of this year’s maple season. With the weather still chilly but the sun ...

March is maple syrup season in Wisconsin. The sugar maple tree and the history of maple sugaring is an important part of Wisconsin’s heritage. Genuine maple syrup follows a process of tapping trees ...

Ruth Gerber Rupp was vacationing with her husband in Texas when she had to abruptly return home because of unseasonably warm weather in Wisconsin. Rupp, the founder of Maple Farmers Network, cut her ...

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. — The Upper Hudson Maple Producers Association (UHMPA) celebrated the maple season recently at Hop City Maple with its annual tree tapping ceremony. Performing the honor at this ...

WISN.COM SLASH LINKS. OUR UNSEASONABLY WARM WINTER MAY COME AT A PRICE TO LOCAL MAPLE SIRUP PRODUCERS. AS METEOROLOGIST GINO RECCHIA REPORTS, SOME ARE ALREADY TAPPING TREES EARLIER THAN USUAL IN A ...