CASHTON — The maple sap began flowing early this year at the expanding B&E’s Trees farm south of Cashton, where owners Bree Breckel and Eric Weninger have put up a ...

Maple trees require an extremely specific environment for the best sap production. Ideally, to maintain steady sap flow, temperatures overnight have to get to the freezing mark or below.

Maple-syrup production is a particularly labour-intensive process. It requires about 40 gallons of sap to make just one gallon of the sweet amber liquid lavishly poured over breakfast pancakes.

When early spring rolls around, it's prime time for making maple syrup. So, how do farmers harvest sap and take it from the tree to the bottle? advertisement. The Takeout.

The South Bend Tribune reports many maple syrup-producers believe cold weather in February is to blame for the low sap production. They say trees still aren't producing sap at a normal rate now ...

He’s pretty picky about making quality syrup. “My kids eat it. My grandkids eat it. So it has to be right,” he said. Last year was tough. The tug of war between freezing and thawing, which drives the ...

Big Timber Maple's maple syrup making season is off to an early start, with sap flowing two weeks early this year. To stream News 8 on your phone, you need the News 8 app. Download the News 8 app ...