Buying Sap

[bryankloos]

Hi All,

Just curious what is a fair $$$ for sap?
I have a local producer that is tapping maybe 30% of his woods. Hes set up to tap 100% but choses to
I have the capacity to concentrate and boil more sap than my property provides.
This is a hobby production, and I'd be looking to buy maybe 1k gallons.
Thoughts?
Thanks
Bryan

[Brian]

50% of what the volume of sap makes. That is why it depends on the sugar in the sap. Then there is trucking ect,

[bryankloos]

So, for arguments sake, lets say it's 1000 gallons of 1.5%.
Correct me, but I'm seeing 17 gallons of syrup.
Are we then paying 50% of what 17 gallons of syrup is worth (retail, bulk, etc)?
If I sell at 60/gallon, do I then pay 30$ x 17 gal = $510
Thanks

[Brian]

That is bulk price, not retail because you have to bottle it and advertise it, then sell the syrup. Bulk is $2.20-2.30 a pound x 11 pounds to a gallon. $24.20-$25.30 a gallon. 17.44 gallons divided by 2 = 8.72 x 11= 95.92 x $2.20 = $211.02 I hope this make sense.

[BAP]

Here is a link to the Sap buying chart that Cornell has made and been used for many years.
https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.cornell.edu/dist/7/5773/files/2015/05/cornell-sap-buying-spreadsheet-february-2017-283p9om.xls

[bryankloos]

Thanks.
this makes perfect sense.
I was correct in the math, other than using my retail expecatations versus bulk.
Good information!
Thanks All,
Bryan

[spud]

The average price for sap in my area is 65% of bulk price. There are some that are paying 70%.

Spud

[Kh7722]

We buy a decent amount of sap.
Just pay percentage based on sugar content per gallon of sap.
Cornell has a chart for it
https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.cornell.edu/dist/7/5773/files/2015/05/cornell-sap-buying-spreadsheet-february-2017-283p9om.xls