I do about 20 taps with a little 2x4 evaporator. My neibor does about 8000 taps on lines with vacuum and an ro machine. I thought they did a lot! I have never seen anyone do syrup on this scale! Impressive!
After seeing this video I guess you have to be a butteful lady to be a maple farmer. I have seen several videos regarding maple production. I have enjoyed maple syrup for several years but never seen how it was processed. Good job on the video.
Soo ...... i have seen all your sap videos ........... i have to say .... of all the sap videos i have seen ........you have the most modern, efficient, an cleanest sap operation i have seen !! .... its very refreshing !!
Glad Evelyn came out and did a feature story on you folks... Cool content! Keep up the interesting videos. I know in the driftless area of Wisconsin they harvest maple syrup like this...Kickapoo Gold! Yum!
I was sitting here up in central Ontario, Canada watching the non-stop pouring rain coming down outside the cottage, came across your Channel and have been binge watching it all morning. It's still pouring down so I'm still watching. LOL! Super interesting how you farm syrup. I'm loving the videos. Subbed and two thumbs up!
thanks so much for this! my first video of yours to watch. NY is so beautiful a state to be in. Even and especially this time of year, yes even with the mud lol Smells great, and has a look to it that soothes, like going home :)
Hi its randy from michigan again that's pretty I tresting how yuo guys do it it's a big business for you guys I helped someone finish up sunday morning gather and pull buckets there done with trees but still boiling .they have pretty new evaporator. They made 300 gallons of syrup this year I know that realy small for you but everyone around here are dairy farmers and do it on the side some make 600 to 800 hundred gallons but that's alot eith milking cows twice a day and cleaning out manure pits while it's still frozen most everyone still uses buckets I'll be watching. More take care be careful everything's slippery when its rainy and muddy were getting some 70 degree days now time to ditch the long John's to warm lol see ya
I was surprised to see the tank was open to the air. Bugs, bird droppings, even possible for squirrels, coons, etc to fall in and drown? Why not at least cover it with a tarp? I'm sure you know your business, but that one seems a bit weird to me especially after all the work it takes to collect it.
Good video. !! Interesting. :-). Actually a part of agriculture that isn't thought of very often -- farming / tapping / harvesting syrup.... At least for me anyway :-). I'm used to looking towards cows, chickens, grain farming, etc.... From Virginia
I think the percent of sugar in the sap bends the light shining thru it a certain way. Tara Coranado was checking her grapes ripeness with one on her channel. Also the handheld device she put a few drops in is a brix meter which measures sugar content.
Could you use one of your old sap tanks as an overflow for the 8k gal tank? Or, is it possible to run pipes all the way to your sugar shanty silos instead of that 8k gallon collection tank? You could probably save a lot of money on diesel fuel and hauling time. Just wondering. Best wishes on your business.
This may be a rather odd question but due to all the water content you haul and then process with reverse osmosis and so on, what do you do with the water ( since that is 98% of the fluid volume handled each year ). Would I be correct in that its used for livestock water on your operation or even household water if you wanted to ?
Can you settle a debate? Is there a difference between maple syrup that is labeled “organic” vs. real 100% maple syrup? Love your channel. I grew up in Wisconsin and used to tap trees and boil syrup with a friend. We would get 20-25 quarts in an average year...just enough for family and friends. Keep up the solid content!
@@MapleFarmer Thanks for the reply. Is the organic certification a function of how the trees are maintained? Seems to me that a maple tree grows in the woods and produces sap that is boiled into syrup. No additives, no preservatives. Is there a fee for garnering organic certification? Keep up the great work and be safe!
Hi I just found your channel, it is so much fun touring your business. I am from Quebec canada. I used to sugar with my brother on a small scale. I would like to start again, I am interested in your tubing method, In a woods do you only have one main line . Keep up the good work.
Hello from Brewer, Maine I love your channel as I'm a new subscriber came over from watching NY Farm Girls Channel when they did a video tour of your Maple Syrup Production I'd love to purchase some of your Maple syrup do you have an online store?
We have silos at all of our other sites. We collect the sap every couple of hours, and our sap is run through a reverse osmosis machine and our syrup is run through a filter press!
Nice! How many gallons is that tanker? We run a 20,000 tap (roughly) operation in northern VT. Looking for a bigger truck. Currently hauling with one 2,500 gallon truck.
Would you or your dad want a other bigger size milk truck that has a little bit bigger tank on it I know someone who is selling his old Pete truck in Wisconsin I can see what he wants for it and what size tank is on the truck It has most of tires are fairly newer tires on the truck let me know ok
We are all set thank you! Once we are in our new maple building we won’t have to drive quite so much as the one woods runs straight to the building silos
we pick up the sap every couple of hours. We only have one storage tank without a lid. The others are silos. Our sap is run through a reverse osmosis machine before the evaporator
