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New York maple-syrup production jumps 31 percent this year

Sap is gathered from the collecting buckets on tapped maple trees at Beaver View Maple Makers located in Croghan, New York. (Erin Zehr/CNYBJ)

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York maple-syrup production increased nearly 31 percent to 845,000 gallons this year from 647,000 gallons in 2021, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. Contributing to the rise in production was a longer maple-syrup season. On average, the season lasted 33 days in 2022, compared with 29 days last […]

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Contributing to the rise in production was a longer maple-syrup season. On average, the season lasted 33 days in 2022, compared with 29 days last year, the NASS New York field office said in a June 10 news release.

The number of maple taps was estimated at 2.9 million in 2022, unchanged from last year. Yield per tap increased to 0.291 gallons per tap this year from 0.223 gallons in 2021.

New York’s 2021 value of maple-syrup production totaled $24.5 million, down 12 percent from 2020, the field office said. The 2021 average price per gallon in New York was $37.80, up almost 10 percent from $34.40 in 2020. The value of New York’s 2022 maple-syrup production will be published in the USDA NASS Crop Production Report in June 2023.

The 2022 U.S. maple-syrup production totaled 5.03 million gallons, up 35 percent from the prior season, the USDA reported. The number of taps totaled 14.3 million, up 2 percent from the 2021 total. Yield per tap was 0.352 gallons, up 0.088 gallon from the previous season.

New York ranks No. 2 nationally in maple-syrup production, behind only Vermont.

Jornal Staff