Maple makes the Wall Street Journal

[Amber Gold]

Cover page article on the new grading standards in yesterday's Wall Street Journal.

[jmayerl]

Yeah my wife sent me the link yesterday. So apparently everybody they interviewed in Vermont will not be using the new grading standards.....

[stoweski]

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303519404579351010783559806

Here ya go

[SeanD]

I got interviewed by the Globe on the same topic last week. The story is supposed to be out tomorrow. I think the photographer was a little bummed out that I was just washing barrels and not boiling, yet.

Sean

[wiam]

I plan to use new grades on what I make this year. I have talked to several producers around me that plan to do the same.

[Scribner's Mountain Maple]

My favorite lines were

"Michael Bryant, the secretary-treasurer of the Maine Maple Producers Association, said the system would put Maine on a level field with Vermont syrup, whose prestige he attributes to "marketing" more than just quality.

Does a "tree know which side of the border it is on? I don't think so," he said."

I plan to use the new standards too.

Mr. Bryant, those be fighting words.

[wiam]

Doesn't seem like they wanted to talk to producers that are for the new grades.

[Amber Gold]

My impression was they were making a bigger deal about the article than it is, and making it seem like there's a lot of conflict within the industry about it.

Thanks for posting the link. I couldn't find the article online.