New York maple-syrup production jumped 59 percent in this year’s season, compared to the weather-affected 2012 season. Maple-syrup production in the Empire State was estimated at 574,000 gallons in 2013, up from the 360,000 gallons produced last year, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, New York field office.
The number of taps in the state rose 6 percent to 2.2 million this year, and the syrup produced per tap increased by 50 percent.
The final value of the 2012 syrup crop in New York was $15.7 million, 29 percent below the previous year’s value of production.
Only Vermont produced more syrup this year than New York, the USDA says. Nationally, maple-syrup production in 2013 totaled 3.25 million gallons, up 70 percent from 2012. Last year, prevailing high temperatures limited sap flow, the USDA noted in a news release. The number of taps rose 8 percent nationally, and the yield per tap increased 58 percent, according to the USDA.
All states showed an increase in production this year, compared to 2012. Cool temperatures early this spring delayed budding of maple trees, which contributed to a longer season of sap flow than last year, the USDA reported.
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