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The Tractor Factor (Spring 2022)
The Tractor Factor (Spring 2022)
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Grace Cartwright, homemade, real maple syrup. restaurant had only been open
great-grandmother to the LaVergne makes maple can- for four weeks prior to the New
Cartwright children, created dy and maple cream while his York State shut down. Nine
the original Buckwheat Pan- wife, Deneise Cartwright, will months later, Gov. Andrew
By the numbers:
NY maple production
Some data from the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture about maple syrup
production in New York State:
Lamb Farms, Inc
n New York maple syrup production
in 2021 was 647,000 gallons, 20%
below the 2020 production.
n The number of maple taps was
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estimated at 2.9 million in 2021, up lambfarmsinc.net
4% from the year before. [email protected]
n Yield per tap decreased to
0.223 gallons per tap, down from
0.287 in 2020.
n New York producers had a short
season in 2021, on the average, the
season lasted 29 days, compared
with 37 days in 2020.
n New York’s 2020 value of pro-
duction totaled $27.7 million, up 5%
from 2019.
n The 2020 average price per gal-
lon in New York was $34.40, up from
$32.20 in 2019. A New York leader in quality
n Sap flow began Jan. 1, 2021,
in New York, the earliest in the nation. milk production and ag innovation
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from the year before, according ...most people, a process that takes about three farm and the maple industry.
to the U.S. Department of Agri- weeks. Maple trees produce She’s a former science teacher,
culture. TIME AND MONEY they’re used to this up the most sap when the weather and her binder of recipes for the
What has helped immense- However much maple farm- and down variability drops below freezing at night creams, sugar forms and infu-
ly is that technology has gotten ers care about their trees, they’re and rises again during the day. sions that are popular in her
better — that was clear from the still running a business, and of the season. That’s An unexpected stretch of store looks a lot like pages and
middle of the showroom at ma- they have to weigh the price of pages of chemistry formulas.
the solution against the produc-
just part of the weather above 65 degrees would
“There’s no question in
ple conference at the New York dry up the taps for a while.
State Fairgrounds, where sell-
ers displayed the latest in vacu-
um pumps, tubing, containers,
thermometers, boiler plates and
tion value added.
When a stretch of warm
weather means a tree heals up
its holes, reopening those taps
business.
JAMIE SCHULER ’
West Virginia University
“One day wouldn’t hurt too
bad, but by the time you hit
three, you’re pretty well done,”
said Lyle. He would have to head
my mind that there is climate
change happening,” she said,
but “I think people will find
ways to adapt and make things
a parade of other gleaming ma- cost money in labor. Spraying work.”
back out to open up all the holes She took a bite out of a scone
chinery. for pests costs money. Cleaning
again and clear out the tubes — slathered in her homemade ma-
No one’s lugging buckets gummed up tubes, replacing
leave their vacuum pumps run- not so easy with 20,000 taps. ple cream.
to the sugar shack anymore. A downed lines from freak storms,
boiling for longer when an un- ning to keep the lines from get- There’s not a lot of chatter “Well, I’m also an optimist.”
standard maple forest is rigged
healthy tree produces less sug- ting gummed up or use the lat- about climate change at the –––
with tubing that uses gravity
ars — all that costs money. est spouts that prevent bacteria maple conference — producers Jules Struck writes about life and
and vacuum pumps to draw sap
downhill to a collection vat. The Tech and innovation help in from building up and closing aren’t frantic about warming culture in and around Syracuse.
sap is then concentrated in a re- a lot of these cases, said Jamie over the holes, said Schuler. But
verse osmosis machine, which Schuler, associate professor of it requires calculation.
forces the water out and leaves silviculture at West Virginia Uni- “If I can invest 10 cents and
the sap with a higher sugar con- versity and program coordina- safeguard myself, well, that
tent. It’s then boiled into syrup, tor for the school’s research for- seems to make good sense,” he
bottled and sold. ests. Schuler traveled up from said. But the steeper the price, Neil Mohler
There are a thousand small warmer climes to share research the less likely it is that a farmer
moving pieces to the process, at the maple conference at the will slap down their credit card.
LABOR OF LOVE
First time maple producers prevail through trial and error
By KORI SCIANDRA profitable business from honey sales. During their first
[email protected] attempt at making maple syrup, the couple encoun-
Ashlee L. Edbauer and her husband, Dave, owners of tered a bit more than initially expected.
Gray Moose Farm, in Corfu, made their first attempt at When asked about the differences between maple
maple syrup production last year. The decision made production versus honey production, Ashlee replied:
for a family adventure. “Oh, my goodness...everything!
“I have a degree in environmental science, so I have “The bees literally do all the work for you when it
always found interest in anything nature related, and comes to honey. And when they are done they even
while my 8-year-old, Graycee, was at home remote ‘cap it’ to let you know it’s ready! All we have to do is
learning for most of second grade I decided to try and extract it into a large bucket, filter it and bottle it up,”
do a lot of STEM projects with her. Making maple syrup she said. “When it comes to making maple syrup, we
came to me one morning when I was making her her are the worker bees! Every day the buckets need to be
usual breakfast request – pancakes – and watching her checked, sap collected and refrigerated and when there
smother them in store bought syrup. After explaining is enough, the boiling process starts, we filter it and bot-
to her the difference in what real maple syrup is versus tle it up. It’s much more labor intensive I feel, but yet
what the syrup we are buying from the store is made of, I beekeeping has a whole different set of challenges.”
was determined to have it be our next project,” said Ash- Gray Moose Farm tapped one large tree last year. This
lee. produced 60 ounces of syrup, which is a little less than a
“We had some hiccups when it came time to boil the half gallon.
sap, not knowing the best set up to do so,” she said. “We “…Doesn’t sound like much but considering it takes
tried an old wood burning stove with a pot of sap on about 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup, we
top but had no luck getting it to boil. So then we tried a were very happy with what we ended up with,” said Ash-
turkey fryer set up and it worked great. But man, what a lee.
labor of love! I spent an entire day each time we would “Bees are a huge investment. Maple syrup was re-
boil, running outside to check the pot and add more sap freshing because being so small we were able to do PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPH
as needed. And then most of the next day finishing it in- things on a very small budget. I honestly don’t think we Graycee, 8, foreground, taps a maple tree at Gray
to syrup on the stove in the kitchen.” Moose Farm, Corfu, while her sister, Gabby, 2,
As honey producers, the Edbauers have created a See MOOSE T13 observes.
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ronment but increase the soils ability In Orleans County, $276,271 was help preserve and maintain water
Water to grow better crops the following year.
A win/win,” said Stryker.
awarded to Orleans County Soil and
Water Conservation District to work
quality.
“There are several things that the
From T5 Projects are slated to begin as soon with five farms in the Oak Orchard community can do to preserve clean
as the weather permits. River, Sandy Creek and Johnson Creek water. It is important to note every-
from farmland, which significantly de- The changes within each project are Watersheds. The project will focus on thing that flows from the public sew-
creases the likelihood of erosion. considered vital for maintained and building healthy soils and promoting er systems, yards, parking lots, and
Following Best Management Prac- preserving clean water. reduced tillage practices, implement roadside ditches in Genesee County
tice Systems, Conesus Lake Watershed “Each practice(s) to be implemented more than 3,600 acres of cover crops flows to Lake Ontario, which is also the
projects are in good hands as these is the result of identifying a ‘resource throughout the watersheds, and re- source of most of our public drinking
concern.’ Districts across New York duce excessive runoff of nutrients and water,” Elliott said.
practices have been in used for de-
State utilize agricultural environmen- soil erosion. “Don’t flush medications and chem-
cades, according to district officials.
tal management,” Stryker said. “Re- In Wyoming County, $36,360 was icals, these things are difficult to treat
“BMPs are simply sound, time prov- sults are pretty much instantly. For award to the Wyoming County Soil and and should be disposed of properly.
en, economically practices that ad- example, visiting a field after a sudden Water Conservation District to work Don’t throw trash out of your car win-
dress resource concerns, primarily thunderstorm and seeing a temporary with one farm in the Oatka Creek Wa- dow. Clean up oil and gas spills with an
erosion and runoff impacting sensi- lake in a field is a pretty good visual. tershed. The project will support water absorbent material instead of allow-
tive areas such as wells, streams, lakes. The water slowly enters the ground and quality in the greater Genesee River ing these chemicals to run into storm
The planting of a green or living cover exists via an underground outlet versus watershed, decrease nutrients from a drains. Limit or eliminate the fertiliz-
crop to protect the grounds surface rushing across and washing away the concentrated area, and implement a ers used on lawns,” he said. “These are
after the main crops is harvested is al- topsoil.” riparian herbaceous buffer to protect some of the things that can preserve
so a good example of a BMP. Many of Other projects are slated for Orleans surface water resources. our fresh water, which is an essential
these BMP’s not only protect the envi- and Wyoming counties. Residents can also do their part to but finite resource.”
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