Maple Weekend canceled again this year
Across the north country, the traditional sugar-making season is underway. Most Northern New York maple syrup producers get busy tapping their trees in late February or early March, in preparation for the greatly anticipated four to six weeks of sap flow generally expected to begin in mid- to late March and continue on into April. The sugar-making season and the weeks that follow are an extremely important selling period for maple syrup-producing farm families. Many of them participate in Maple Weekend, an annual event championed by the New York State Maple Producers Association and supported...