Vermont
Vermont produces record 2.5M gallons of maple syrup in 2022
The nation had a candy maple season this 12 months, producing greater than 5 million gallons of maple syrup, in accordance with the U.S. Division of Agriculture.
Vermont — the nation’s prime maple producer — yielded a document 2.5 million gallons, a rise of 800,000 gallons from 2021.
“This 12 months’s document stage of maple manufacturing is nice information for our sugar makers and our economic system,” Vermont Gov. Phil Scott stated.
The opposite prime producing states had been New York with 845,000 gallons, adopted by Maine with 672,000 gallons, the USDA stated.
Final 12 months the retail value of syrup diverse among the many maple-producing states, from $65.50 per gallon in New Hampshire to $41.30 per gallon in Pennsylvania, in accordance with the USDA.
Vermont’s document manufacturing was helped by the addition of extra faucets and an extended season.
All instructed, Vermont producers put in 150,000 extra faucets in maple timber this 12 months for a complete of 6.6 million faucets. The typical season within the state was 40 days in comparison with 28 days final 12 months.