ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Maple Weekend, a celebration of New York State’s maple syrup industry ... Why is early spring the best time to tap sugar maples? First Alert Meteorologist Nate Morris ...

Maple syrup, naturally sweet with its lush notes of vanilla and caramel, is one of the first signs of spring. Now, maple’s lesser-known forest cousin birch is having its day. Nature’s ...

Warm weather threatens Ontario's maple syrup harvest, but farmers stay hopeful. Maple syrup carries a distinct Canadian aroma, with Ontario's maple farmers tapping trees each spring to produce the ...

“The warm days and cool nights we’ve had this spring have been great to get the sap running, so we’ll have plenty of syrup on hand,” said Jill Rahn, ESF forest resource analyst who coordinates Maple ...

The sugar house gives off sweet scents and warm vibes as that maple-tree goo gets boiled down into syrup. And of course the taste buds celebrate the rite of spring by tasting that nectar with ...

“I think it was a big learning curve for a lot of producers if you weren’t ready,” Theresa Baroun, the executive director of ...

But disrupting trade with Canada, the maple syrup powerhouse, could be devastating. Judd, for one, said he has spent “countless amounts of hours and lots and lots of money” buying equipment in Canada ...

A cycle of freezing and thawing in late winter and early spring produces the sweet, natural miracle that is maple syrup. Self-guided maple hikes run through the end of March at Ann Arbor area ...