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    Shipped a load today around noon. Got a text from...

    Shipped a load today around noon. Got a text from buyer at 5pm to shut it down, turned off pump and couldn't believe we had gotten another 3000 gal in 5 hrs, it was hammering...but...too late. Looks...
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    Sap quality in my corner of Bakersfield seems...

    Sap quality in my corner of Bakersfield seems good still, it cleared some after the Monday night freeze, sugar crept up a little but still very very low (1.2-1.4) I've heard of several in this area...
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    last load went out yesterday as well, flow was...

    last load went out yesterday as well, flow was pretty incredible. haven't crunched the numbers yet but i do know we had 39 gal of sap per tap, which is crazy. wish it had tested higher!
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    we are still going, was thinking it was over...

    we are still going, was thinking it was over Friday (primary sap buyer shut down) but another buyer said he wanted the sap. So we are still going, though im only running the pump intermittently and...
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    We shut it down this afternoon. clear sap but...

    We shut it down this afternoon. clear sap but wouldn't RO. unbelievable flow still, since just 7am this morning we had another 3500 gal when i shut it down around 6pm. where was this weather two...
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    5300, 5300 and 5000 gal trucked out of here...

    5300, 5300 and 5000 gal trucked out of here sunday, monday and today respectively. unsure on test. Vacuum still good, remarkable after last nights insane wind. sap looks alright.
    looking forward to...
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    Sap ran very hard yesterday afternoon until...

    Sap ran very hard yesterday afternoon until freezing around 10pm
    Thawed out about an hour ago and Hammering the releasers right now.
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    Still going here, light freeze Thursday night...

    Still going here, light freeze Thursday night kept us chugging along. Looks like a good freeze throughout most of the woods since about 3:30AM this morning, down into the high 20's. Im anticipating...
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    Thank you, Dr. Perkins. Im not surprised that...

    Thank you, Dr. Perkins.
    Im not surprised that the production is lower, and 10% lower does seem to be in keeping with what i suspect we'll be at this season.
    I bought the 1/4" spouts in...
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    Question for you, Dr. Perkins. Have you done...

    Question for you, Dr. Perkins.
    Have you done tests on yield off different tap diameters? Is that a variation included in the preliminary work you are doing on different tap types?
    I'm trying 1/4"...
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    only managed to get down to about 30 here last...

    only managed to get down to about 30 here last night but it seems to have been enough to wake the woods up and get my test a hair higher (up to 1.4 from 1.2)
    sap is running ok, a bit over 200...
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    was happily surprised to find about 3500 gal in...

    was happily surprised to find about 3500 gal in the tank since 4pm yesterday. looking at temps logged last night on monitors in the upper woods we came pretty close to another freeze. the bulk of the...
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    Hoping to hit 5lbs/tap today in Bakersfield, Our...

    Hoping to hit 5lbs/tap today in Bakersfield, Our average over the past 6 years has been about 6.5lbs/tap. Seems pretty unlikely this season. We just didn't get any of the early runs, no frost in in...
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    Thanks JoeJ and General Stark, Sounds like...

    Thanks JoeJ and General Stark,
    Sounds like something I should look into. This was a few years ago now but I do specifically remember the state tax dept lady I was speaking with informing me I would...
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    I went through this a few years ago when we built...

    I went through this a few years ago when we built the tank/vacuum building (which is 22x18 or something) I seem to recall that because it was agricultural we didn't need to withdraw the building...
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    shipped another load this morning and got the...

    shipped another load this morning and got the word this afternoon we are shutting it down. still getting a good deal of sap but quality was gone.
    looks like about 6.3lbs/tap or .57gal/tap.
    next...
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    about .8gal/tap overnight, testing 1% but seems...

    about .8gal/tap overnight, testing 1% but seems to good enough for buyer
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    shipped sap this morning, sugar way down but...

    shipped sap this morning, sugar way down but quality seems ok so were still in it until i get the word
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    Yesterday turned out to be pretty good here,...

    Yesterday turned out to be pretty good here, followed by another very light freeze in the lower sections this morning.
    flow has picked up a little in the last few hours but the strong south wind is...
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    Oddly enough it appears the freeze we had heading...

    Oddly enough it appears the freeze we had heading into yesterday was better than what we got here last night. I have 27F at the sap house but appears not to have frozen at all above 1000ft where it...
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    We got some snow and didn't get much of a freeze...

    We got some snow and didn't get much of a freeze here but it seems to have been enough to re-boot the trees, especially at higher elevation. we are getting pretty good flow now which makes 6lbs/tap...
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    Froze here last night, at least down low, wild...

    Froze here last night, at least down low, wild start this morning with releasers unable to keep up when it let go. Looks like Ill hit 5lbs/tap or .45gal today.
    I think we have some time left....
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    Did a little better than 1gal/tap yesterday...

    Did a little better than 1gal/tap yesterday between 10am and 8pm when it stopped dead. I think it'll break loose today even if its marginal weather, these trees want to run!
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    We had a decent freeze here in the lower...

    We had a decent freeze here in the lower sections, another surprise.
    Sugar content seems steady and sap is crystal clear. Not looking too red when i look out over the hills, though the rains will...
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    Also had a freak run here, primarily just from...

    Also had a freak run here, primarily just from lower elevations, totally unexpected. Heeding Dr. Tim's advice I'd "put my feet up" and gone to Burlington to track down some parts for work and, of...
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