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Mike Farrell from Cornell spoke about this at the CDL open house in St. Lazare. Four take homes: Might increase vacuum at rate indicated above, increased potential for plugging, could lead to...

"exactly I know organic milkers who have cheated the system and not followed rules, so whose standing behind these organic products ensuring they are....no one!!"

Tell that to the producers that...

Belarus tractors were/are junky tractors that even the Russians hate, but they were imported by the thousands because they were cheap to begin with and made even cheaper by the falling ruble of the...

Exchange rates for farmers in two words: Belarus tractors.

VOF (Vermont Organic Farmers) is the certifying agency for Vermont and they charge on a sliding scale for certification. Your fee depends on your gross sales for the preceding year.
Here is a link...

x2 for needing hardwood (or wettish softwood mixed in) for a forced air unit. even too dry hardwood with evaporate in out intens-o-fire. That being said we burn anything -although we have stopped...

Here's a picture of my installation...
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It's so cold here that my permeate is often just barely above freezing. It takes forever to get up to temperature where the soap will work (about 77). I...

Has anyone else noticed that their sap has turned quite acidic?
I was stuck last night by how much RO soap I had to add last night to get up to the proper cleaning pH for my membranes. Before I...

An excellent and practical solution. Thank you.

Mine does not have any spare holes. If it did I would use one like this: http://www.mcmaster.com/#immersion-heaters/=m5eoqd I think the two holes in yours are for the element and temperature control...

Does anyone have a good solution for adding a heater to the wash tank on a CDL RO?

IPL, my man.
Can you tell us when the open house in St Lazare is happening?

There are millions of taps in Quebec on land that is completely flat. They use laser levers to set up the conductor and mainlines so they are perfectly level or very slightly pitches. Takes more care...

We're still going. CDL smart spouts are still running quite well when it warms up -it snowed off and on all day today.

Round 2 is on hard in Walden. Sap ran well and clear yesterday and today, and the taste, although not great is getting better. Our sugaring weather roughly equates to that in Quebec, so I can imagine...

If you have a strong opinion about this, you have a chance to testify today in front of the House Ag Committee. They are meeting today at 2:00 at the Statehouse.

Wow, that's lower that I thought.
I live in Walden, and generally don't go South of Route 2 or West of Route 100 unless there is a very good reason.
Our bush is at 2000+ feet, and faces North...

Just curious, Spud. What is the elevation of your bush and what direction does it face?
Ray

23* here this morning. Finally a break -for us and the trees.
We made 40 gals last night of C -it was pretty nasty.
Time to clean everything up and get ready for what will hopefully be round 2.
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We're still going in Walden.
Sap flow is not so great, as I think the trees are in shock from the temp chance. It will really be interesting to see what happens next week.

Still flowing well here and making DA. Yesterday was the first day that the sap was at all cloudy, but not too stinky. We're going crazy keeping everything clean.

I think I am developing "tank...

You're right Perry.
God help my addled mind.

I did just notice that there will be a full moon tomorrow night...

We collected another 4000 gals of sap today.
Something strange is going on. We've got a bunch of bee hives, and even after all this heat, today was the fist day that they were flying.
It is not...

sap still coming in Walden. we made a drum of dark last night, but I think before the end of the week I'm going to have to learn the art of boiling "C".