35 overnight. Cloudy with some rain today. Up to 40. Forecast turns a little colder the next few days. We’ll see what happens.
Based the sap we collected so far, we have 20% of a crop. With 200 taps we expect 35-40 gallons of syrup. After finishing and bottling we project 7.5 gallons which is 20% of a crop.
Had a video meeting with other producers from across the maple belt. Most report a down season with some similar to us. In northern MN and MI they haven’t started yet. Same in northern ON. Higher elevations in NY are still going. No word from VT, NH, ME or QB.