Bob Battel, field crops educator for Michigan State University Extension, said that only three to five percent of Michigan's sugar maples — the primary tree used for maple syrup — are ...

Michigan is always in the top 10 U.S. producers of maple syrup, averaging around fifth place; the state produced more than 110,000 gallons of the sweet stuff in 2017.

The trees that have an abundance of sap are the sugar maple, red maple or black maple. Maples start to produce the sap when they are between 30 and 40 years old. They can be tapped up until they ...

In 2024, Michigan ranked fifth in maple syrup production with 650,000 trees tapped and 200,000 gallons of sap collected, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.. Here's more on the harvest and ...

The Currey family has been tapping maple trees in Northern Michigan since the early 1900s. ... waiting to be converted to sugar that the tree uses for leaves to form in the spring.

With close to 300,000,000 sugar maple trees in Michigan alone, the maple industry will continue to grow, but without government regulation and consumer awareness, that growth may be capped -- and ...

According to Michigan State University, a maple tree, either sugar or black maple, needs to be about 40 years old and at least 32 inches in circumference at 4.5 feet off the ground before tapping.

Michigan’s climate serves as a great setup ... Blandford Nature Center is starting to study the weather and maple trees compared to years past with more than 100 maple sugar trees scatter across ...

The Parsons are a sappy bunch. The family has been making maple syrup since the late 1800s from the trees surrounding Harwood Lake in Charlevoix County. Today, fifth-generation sisters Amber and ...

All across Michigan, maple syrup producers are getting their operations up and running for the season. The state produces about 3 percent of all maple syrup in the United States, according to the ...