Farmer Dana Putnam tries to faucet a maple tree for sap, however is unsuccessful. His bushes are producing much less sap because the local weather modifications.
Emma Newburger | CNBC
ORANGE COUNTY, NY Dana Putnam drilled right into a maple tree, added a plastic tube and waited for the sap to movement.
Nothing occurred.
It is the top of winter prime tree-tapping time for New York maple farmers. However for Putnam, a fourth-generation maple farmer, final week was too sizzling for the bushes to correctly freeze, thaw and produce sap.
After weeks of experiencing hotter temperatures, Putnam is anxious his season will finish early. And he is solely collected half of the crop yield he says he ought to have already got at this level.
"If we do not harvest sufficient syrup, we'll have to purchase it. That modifications our price construction solely," Putnam stated. "I take into consideration local weather change and whether or not or not this maple enterprise shall be viable in a decade it may not be."
Maple bushes will not produce sap except they endure freezing and thawing cycles. However in New...
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