Vermont is better when we’re all informed. Join 30,000+ neighbors who start their day with local news that matters. Abby van den Berg and Tim Perkins at Proctor Maple Research Center with new ...

But, before getting into the physics of it, let’s take a minute to imagine what a maple syrup farm today looks like. Tall maples, snowy woods—pretty much an idyllic New England scene. A recent ...

In a sweeping study of a huge swath of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, researchers documented that in many places, the sugar maple saplings that should be thriving following harvesting are instead ending ...

UNDERHILL, Vt. — Scientists at a research lab deep in the maple woods of northern Vermont have made a discovery that could revolutionize New England’s most tradition-steeped form of agriculture. But ...

Canada produces 71 per cent of world's maple syrup and 91 per cent of that originates from the province of Quebec. But a clutch of New Zealand academics think this country could have a maple syrup ...

Sugar maple saplings can out-produce mature trees by an order of magnitude. A plantation-style crop of 6,000 saplings can produce 400 gallons of syrup per acre, while a mature sugarbush of 80 mature ...