A range of maple syrups created in Vermont. (Allison Hope) The Arctic air that sealed Montana roads in ice and sent temperatures plummeting below zero at the beginning of the week of Feb. 20 served as a boon to one local maple syrup producer. David Knudson is the only commercially licensed maple syrup producer in the state, and while the unusually warm winter in the Northeast moved the timetable for maple syrup production up, the lower temperatures in Montana pushed back his schedule. Syrup prod
With a short sugaring season and low sugar content in sap, Vermont’s maple syrup producers have had a tough year. Now, many small sugarmakers face a new challenge: a shortage of plastic maple syrup jugs.When sugarmakers tried to place their orders at...