Syrup prices over time

[Amber Gold]

Does anyone know what retail and bulk prices have done over time, say over the past 20-30 years? A graph or table format would be nice if available. I'm curious to see if syrup prices have gone up, stayed flat, increased with inflation, etc...

Thanks

[jrthe3]

a can't remember how long it was say like 15 to 20 years ago when my dad was doing it the prices went threw roof like this past season the the next year so many people seen big dollars and flooded the market and the price droped and it stayed down for like ten years

[maplecrest]

came across prices from 1998 ,1.70 f, 1.65 m, 1.40 da, 1.10 comm. then the price went down. two years ago comm was .90

[802maple]

!987 I got 2.95 for fancy, 2.75 for medium amber, and 2.45 for Dark amber, I didn't sell anything else so I can't find what I got. In the season 1992 I got .90 a lb for everything I sold which was not much at that price.

[Amber Gold]

Wow! That's quite a drop in prices in only a few years. It doesn't appear that prices have gone up at all and have fluctuated around the same range for 20 years. Prices adjusted for inflation would be nice. Hopefully the upward trend we've been seeing this past year stays up this time...just as soon not see it drop back down. It makes it longer for me to pay back the equipment I've bought and intend to buy as I expand.

At $0.90 how do you make any money, or even cover your expenses?

Thanks for the info.

[ennismaple]

At $0.90/lb you don't cover expenses. $0.90 per lb times 11.33lbs / USG = $10.20 per USG. If you're not using and RO your oil costs that much per gallon.

[WF MASON]

I have a customer who has 25 gallons of dark syrup for sale ,does anyone know who is paying top dollar right now? Someone told me Maple Grove has it on the shelf for $65. a gallon. Hard to believe.

[802maple]

Bill-

Maple Grove is paying 4 dollars a lb.

[KenWP]

I found some old paper work out in the greenhouse on Maple prices from the 20,30s,40,and 50,s. They were down to $1:25 a gallon in the 30,s and the highest was 4:54 in 1955. The 1957 price was 3:97 a gallon. In Ottawa in the late 70s you could buy a gallon for 11 bucks at the farm. Remember our gallon is 4.54 liters also and weighs 13.75 pounds as syrup.

[TapME]

it use to cost me a 20 dollar bill in the 70's for a gallon of syrup in a beautiful tin can. wish I still had the cans.