Please remember to register your farm or business for the 2022 Mountain State Maple Days by December 31, 2021. The Maple Days are February 19 and March 19, 2022. You can always register late, but we plan to only mention businesses registered by Dec 31s in any press releases. To...
The next installment of Out of the Woods: Enriching Your Maple Business will be on walnut syrup. Don't miss out! The one and only Dr. Mike Rechlin will be presenting at the next 'Out of the Woods' Webinar! Learn about tapping walnut and Mike's research findings from the 2020-2021...
At Steyer Brother’s Maple – A family-owned farm that has been in the maple syrup business for over 100 years. Located at: 2727 Gorman Road Oakland, MD. 21550 301-334-2900 Please see this post for more details: https://wvmspa.org/2021/11/11/quality-tapping-workshop-maple-days/
At Bower’s Maple/Randy Kimble sap producer – A “Sweet Opportunities” success story where Randy Kimble taps and collects sap that is then sold to Mark Bowers for processing. Meet at Bower’s Maple Farm Located at: 9362 Franklin Pike Road Petersburg WV 26847 540-383-8605 See this post for details https://wvmspa.org/2021/11/11/quality-tapping-workshop-maple-days/
At Ronk Family Farm – Hosted by West Virginia Maple Syrup Producer’s Association President Paul Ronk. In addition to the day in the woods you’ll be treated to one of the most interesting hunting trophies you’ll ever see. Located at: 725 Whispering Pines Road Alum Creek, WV. 25003 304-545-7066 ...
At Tom’s Creek Family Farm – Entrepreneur, inventor, engineer and sugar maker Greg Christianson will update us on a Future Generations/Robert C. Byrd Institute project to clarify syrup and depectinate (if that’s a word?) walnut sap. Located at: 1340 Tom’s Creek Road Wayne, WV. 25570 304-840-8817 Please see this...
Maple History Webinar: From Pails to Pipelines: The Origins of Plastic Tubing in the Maple Syrup Industry NAMSC will host this maple history webinar on Tuesday, January 11 at 7 p.m. Eastern time. This presentation traces the origins and early experiments with of the use of plastic tubing in the...
From increasing winter and spring temperatures to extreme weather events, climate change poses a risk to the maple syrup production community. These changes alter short-term conditions like quality and quantity of sap, while long term changes in climate are having impacts on the health of trees, roots, and shifting areas...