Birch syrup is the dark, wild cousin to lighter and brighter maple syrups. Both are native to Minnesota. (Ashley Moyna Schwickert/For the Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

Some received public hearings but never passed. This bill would require restaurants who advertise maple syrup on their menu to serve real maple syrup with the meal, instead of an imitation product.

All our equipment is ready. We're ready. But Mother Nature isn't yet." Trites said maple syrup producers are generally looking for two things — days with temperatures above freezing and nights ...

Maple syrup is a natural for pancakes and baking, and it has shown its prowess in savory dishes. But the springtime ingredient is equally at home in cocktails, too. Bentley Gilman, head distiller ...

Maple sugaring season has begun in Michigan, offering residents a chance to see how sap is harvested and turned into syrup. Michigan ranks fifth in the nation for maple syrup production ...

Maple sap production, essential for syrup, varies based on factors like soil, sunlight, and temperature. Sustained cold weather, like the winter of 2024-25, benefits maple trees and their sap ...

You can tell a sugarhouse is making syrup when steam starts billowing across the rooftops, whether from a small shack in the woods or a brick building downtown. That’s the sign of thousands of gallons ...

Depending on the line, it’s 40 to 120 bottles per minute. Sweet maple syrup. Sweet profit. Now exposed. The executive has his best game face on but a trade war is at his doorstep. U.S. President ...

Sap will soon be flowing from Michigan’s sugar maples, ready to be boiled down to pure maple syrup. Good, old-fashioned maple syrup is among the state’s oldest agricultural products ...