Overview

This may not come as a surprise but there is not much to report on this week! As predicted, the cold weather we’ve experienced over the past week has impacted the early runs of sap that producers took advantage of in previous weeks.

In nearly all regions, sap flow has slowed significantly or stopped all together. While a handful of producers still made some syrup, most of them used collected sap from a previous run.

With some warmer weather rolling in hopefully we will see things pick back up for the next report.

As always, a big thank you to survey respondents!

Southwestern (2 – number of responses)

Sap flow has slowed significantly (0.4-0.5 L/tap) compared to previous weeks. One producer has made dark syrup. 25-30% of an average year’s crop has been made by these producers.

Grey-Bruce and District (4)

Sap flow has slowed the past few days. One producer has made golden and amber syrup this past week. 4-20% of an average year’s crop has been made by respondents.

Waterloo-Wellington (2)

High levels of sugar sand were reported by one of the survey respondents. Sap flow has slowed and stopped. Up to 25% of an average year’s crop has been made.

Simcoe and District (5)

Some syrup has been made in this region over the past week using sap from a previous run. The colour of syrup ranged from amber to dark. Brix has been 2.0-2.9.

Algoma (4)

Most respondents are tapped but no sap has been collected.

Algonquin District (12)

Most respondents are tapped but sap flow has been minimal. Average sap Brix has been 2.7-3.0. Amber syrup has been made by a few producers.

Haliburton-Kawartha (5)

Most respondents are tapped but have not boiled. Sap flow has slowed, 0.05-0.27 L/tap.

Ottawa Valley District (4)

All reports received from this region indicate that producers have not tapped yet.

Quinte and District (3)

A mix of tapped and untapped. No syrup has been made yet.

Lanark (3)

Tapped but no sap has been collected by these survey respondents.

Eastern (4)

Most of the respondents have not collected any sap yet. One producer has made 10% of an average year’s crop.