Sap price

[chefchap]

Hi all
What is the going price for sap based on sugar content
Thanks
Jon

[wurmdert]

2.0-.28
2.1-.30
2.2-.31
2.3-.32
2.4-.34
2.5-.35
2.6-.37
2.7-.38
2.9-.41
3.0-.42
3.1-.43

Im sure they vary one way or the other depending on the buyer

[spud]

I get .39 cents per gallon for 2%. I'm being told that price may go up this year.

Spud

[Mitchman]

Hey Wurmdert, What brand food grade transfer pump do you have? This is a lot of research for sure!!!

[wurmdert]

Thats good Spud your getting such a high rate. Most operations sap price is based on 50% of the bulk syrup price, which is what I posted. Your buyer must be paying you 50% of retail.

Mitchman- I just use a 1in clean water gas transfer pump from northern tool.

[WestfordSugarworks]

Thats good Spud your getting such a high rate. Most operations sap price is based on 50% of the bulk syrup price, which is what I posted. Your buyer must be paying you 50% of retail.

Mitchman- I just use a 1in clean water gas transfer pump from northern tool.

In the area where Spud and I sugar, 60% of bulk price is pretty much the minimum you will get paid for your sap if you shop around for sap buyers. Spud is that rate expected to go up because of more competition between sap buyers? Or just an anticipated increase in bulk price? (that would be nice). I recently spoke to a big sap buyer in Franklin County who told me that he would pay the same rate for concentrated sap as for raw sap, because the profit margin when buying sap is so small. If it was me I'd probably pay a better percentage for concentrate because it represents a much smaller trucking fee. If you buy sap and all your sap sellers RO the sap to 10%, for example, then instead of needing a huge fleet of big sap trucks you could get away with a couple of smaller trucks with smaller tanks in the beds. huge savings.