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Maple Fox Farm
05-06-2024, 10:37 AM
Hi Folks,
I hope this is the right place for this question. I am wondering if there is any data or estimations of the number of sugar makers by number of taps or gallons/year or whatever in Vermont? So, it would be something like, "In Vermont, 7% of sugar makers have between 1-19 taps, 5% are between 20-49, 6% are between 50 and 74"...etc. I'd love to see data for other states and Canada if people know of it too. Most interested in the smaller end of the spectrum. ...Yes, market research :)

Thank you for your time,
Trevor

DrTimPerkins
05-06-2024, 08:00 PM
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Quick_Stats/

maple flats
05-06-2024, 08:03 PM
I'm sure there is some data available, but my thoughts are that most producers on the smaller end are not very likely to tell anyone how many taps they have, as the size of an operation gets larger I suspect more start to chime in.
Even for figures on the agg census questionares too many refuse to answer. Good luck getting that info.