Maple syrup prices jump: Rutland Herald Online

Bitter cold temperatures and 15-20 feet of snow that blanketed the ground in Quebec until April kept roots of the northern maples frozen and prevented sugar makers from unburying their tubing and tapping before April in some areas, Marsh said.

As a result, production slowed to just 80 million pounds of maple syrup – only two-thirds of the global demand, Marsh said.

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Good bye to Asian rust: Overwintering insects and disease spores like Asian rust will be killed off by very cold air that penetrates deep into the South. Jackson, Mississippi, will experience 5 consecutive nights of sub-freezing weather, down as low as 18ºF. The Florida panhandle will see a couple nights of mid 20's. Frequently in recent years, wind-borne rust spores have been carried up into the heartland from a source region in the Deep South.

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