Ian Allen checks the sap level on trees at VoterVale Maple Products in Avon. (Irregular file photo/2020) According to the Maine Maple Producers Association, the state makes more than 575,000 gallons of syrup annually during a normal season, generating more than $55.6 million for the Maine economy and supporting more than 833 full-time and part-time
Many sugar houses and maple syrup producers will be hosting open houses and offering goodies like maple ice cream in celebration of 40 years of Maine Maple Sunday, set for Sunday, March 26.
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension will have their own Nick Rowley team up with Senator Russell Black to host a workshop on rejuvenating old apple trees in Wilton on March 4.