whats a fair price for sap these days?

[ctjim]

i lost some taps this season due to a piece of land being sold and until i can get the amount i lost back i am going to have to buy some sap this season. i was wondering what a fair price for sap would be? i am not overly concerned about sugar content at this point just need to make up the difference in lost gallons.

[jrgagne99]

See this article from UVM: http://www.uvm.edu/~pmrc/wilmot_pricing.pdf

In short, a good formula is: Price per gallon = (current bulk price per pound/15.64) x (percent sugar).

That's $0.35 per gallon, assuming 2% sugar and $2.74/lb current bulk price on syrup.

[Timberwolf]

Here this might help: http://www.ohiomaple.org/sap-app.html I believe it was based on UVM calculations.

[syrup2nv]

I bought 80,000 gallons last season and paid $0.50/gal.

[spud]

I bought 80,000 gallons last season and paid $0.50/gal.

Don't tell Thad and Randy that because they would say you paid .45 cents to much.:lol: Thanks for paying what I would consider a fair price.

Spud

[jgrenier]

Spud did you pay him to say that? LoL

[spud]

Spud did you pay him to say that? LoL

Oh no if it was my doing I would have said .75 gallon.:lol:

Spud