Tapping in Quebec.

[XU1200]

Hi, first tap today, about 250. I will finish the 100 others tomorrow, then open the road to the sugar shack. The forecast is warm for the next week. It have about 3 feet of snow in the bush. Hope we have a good season, last year was bad. Bernard in Quebec

[XU1200]

Hi, I dump all the bucket fryday, yesterday, the sap run, a good flow but not much sugar . I will collect the first sap of the season today. We have about 1 feet of snow here, last week, 3 day of +20 cel in line. The forecast for the next week is snow with cloudy and +1 and -6 . Bernard in Québec

[sjdoyon]

let us know what the news is from Canada for production. Will give us an idea on the price. As you can see from the posts from south of the border, not a good year for the US producers.

[KenWP]

I know of a fellow who tapped 6500 trees just before it got warm.Never got much. Some of the Quebecois tap by the date and not the weather still. Around here not many trees not showing that red tinge now. When I was in the large grocery store yesterday they had syrup on special for $6:95 a can.I get a paper every week that will start to show the production for this year pretty soon. The price paid by the Federation is still $2:81 a pound till the end of march when the new contract starts and they post the prices.

[PerryW]

large grocery store yesterday they had syrup on special for $6:95 a can.

How big is the can? Maybe I should drive up there and haul some back south???

Ken, You making any syrup this year?

[CBOYER]

Ken the price of $2.81/pound but its the 2011 price for AA and A.
Minimum Quebec federation prices for 2012 are:
AA $2.89
A $2.89
B $2.87
C $2.79
D $2.52
N/C $2.29

Actual strategic reserve is 36.5 million pounds

In Qc, nearly all syrup for consumer is sell in 540 ml can

[KenWP]

No syrup this year. I had health problems and to much work and when 7pm shows up I am to tired to boil for a whole night.Also my trees never did run this year.I tapped 3 and got maybe 2 gallons of sap in 3 weeks. Those 2012 prices take affect April 1st according to the info I get in the mail. Thats a whole week away.World can end in that time period.

[CBOYER]

as per the Mayas, world end's is december 21th 2012:evil:

540 ml is 18 us Oz...:cool:

Just read the convention for 2011-2012, and commercial year is 28 feb to 27 feb next year...

[gmcooper]

Any word yet on production from northern half of Quebec yet? I know it is still early for them.
Mark

[Gary E]

All Done ... pulled taps on the weekend crazy season with the week of warm wheather. Only had one real good run the other days were just average. Sap stayed clear but I did have an "off odor*" on Mar.23 when boiling.

Down from previous years but I am happy ! and finished weeks earlier.. Total = 380- 540 ml Cans. (approx 45gal)

5699

5700

Cabane Sucre party , this is what it is about for me.

5701 :D

[XU1200]

Hi, it's cold here and not good until sunday, better forecast for the next week. Here the sap run with vacuum not with bucket. A friend, who have 13000 tap have 70 barrel made to date. He tell me it's a very good season. In Temiscouata, the sap haved run for 6 days in line, day and night. Bernard in Québec

[70 Buick]

575857565757575857565757I will do my last boil this weekend on Saturday
considering It was a crappy year I did ok
actually the most syrup I ever made , but I only make it for our own consumtion

have made 13.5 gallons, not bad for only boiling on Saturdays with a barrel evaporator
and my homemade flue pan

[Revi]

Well I'm glad to hear that somebody made some syrup. We packed it in after the warm spell, but other people I've talked to kept going. The guys up north in Maine were able to continue.

[70 Buick]

After that big warm spell (July in March) LOL
I retapped & everything ran great
I collected 150 gallons of nice sap on Tuesday , my neighbor collected it for me
unfortunately it was all spoiled by Saturday, I had to dump it all, everything is down cleaned & put away

here is the evaporator last Thursday


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJA7LHhsCWw&feature=player_embedded

[Butcher]

Heard lapierres bush was at 600 barrels, not real good considering he has 146000 taps.

[XU1200]

Hi, it's the end since last week. Finish with 30 gallons for 215 taps. The boiler is off, all the buckets are clean, the pans too I will reload the shed with wood tomorrow. Bernard in Québc

[XU1200]

575857565757575857565757I will do my last boil this weekend on Saturday
considering It was a crappy year I did ok
actually the most syrup I ever made , but I only make it for our own consumtion

have made 13.5 gallons, not bad for only boiling on Saturdays with a barrel evaporator
and my homemade flue panHi, i like your flue pan, your are ingeneous. Bernard in Québec

[gmcooper]

Any update on syrup production in Northern Quebec?
Mark

[CBOYER]

No numbers are avalaible now, but in Estrie, where i am , and Lapierre, average is 1.75 lbs/tap, wich is low. if you go east, in Beauce and Bas St-Laurent ,average is 2.5 lbs/tap, normal. Temiscouata and Gaspesia are at 3.3 lbs/tap, and it is still running..

[XU1200]

Hi, forecast for 10,15 cm of snow, much in the high land, for tomorrow, May be the sap will run with that snow. A friend of mine, who have 43000 taps, have make 300 barrels to date. Another, with 41000 taps make 220 barrels to date. Here in the neiborhood, it's a normal season, better the 2010 and2011. Bernard

[KenWP]

The fellows I know here made about half of a normal year and most of it was poor guality.Take in mind that here abouts if it isn't the colour of water it's not good guality.The guy I know the best had at least half of his production go commercial due to the trees budding by the 18 of March. We also had no snow here this year so it warmed up way to soon.

[CBOYER]

KenWP, Theres is a big difference if you were west of Sherbrooke and east of it. Here , i made extralight and light, up to the "March summer week", make some medium, stop for a week, and it restart with light up to the end.. but west of Sherbrooke, it was a very bad season.

[KenWP]

Even Coaticook is colder then here this year and that is 21 Kms east of me. I am waiting for the crop report I get in the mail sometime soon. Course it's in french LOL. Good thing I have lot's of old syrup as my trees never started this year. I maybe got 2 gallons of sap in the week they did run and then they budded out.