Question: During the recent warm spell, I saw someone tapping maple trees for syrup. Isn’t it too early? Answer: Tapping maple sap is ready when nature says so, and for some experienced “sugarbushers, ...

The nights are still cold but days are (mostly) becoming milder. That means it’s time to tap into those maple trees to begin the process of converting the sticky sap into delicious maple syrup or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Somerset County Maple Producers' annual tree-tapping ceremony heralding the coming of spring will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 28 at ...

Even before leaves emerge, Heidi and Jason Wolf taste the sweetness of spring as they tap maple trees and begin making syrup. The family welcomes visitors to experience the harvest at ...

A university in New Jersey is spending a $1 million grant from the US Department of Agriculture on testing the feasibility of a maple syrup industry in the Garden State. Stockton University is in its ...

Stockton University is using $1 million in federal grants to explore whether a viable syrup industry can be created using a species of maple tree common to southern N.J. Ryan Hegarty, assistant ...

What do maple syrup and rubber have in common? They are both made from tree sap (kind of like tree blood)! However, only maple syrup is an edible sweet treat. Maple syrup is a natural sweetener with ...

New Jersey may soon establish a viable maple syrup industry through a new project. Stockton University in southern New Jersey is leading efforts to produce syrup using red maples, which are prevalent ...

Indigenous people tapped maple trees for centuries, but the warming climate is changing sugar season Warming temperatures and extreme weather stresses the maple trees Syrup producers are taking steps ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Maple syrup season has returned, and hundreds of people celebrated Saturday at the Fenner Maple Syrup Festival in Lansing. It was a fundraiser for Fenner Nature Center, and ...

GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Welcome to New Jersey, known around the world for Tony Soprano, turnpike tolls, chemical plants, and ... maple syrup? If a university in the southern part of the state has ...