Price for sap

[Mike Czok]

New evaporator but haven't been able to get more taps. How much should I be paying for sap if I need it?

[spud]

You should be paying 60-65% of the bulk price of syrup. Keep in mind the sugar content will cause the per gallon of sap rate to go up or down.

Spud

[wiam]

You should be paying 60-65% of the bulk price of syrup. Keep in mind the sugar content will cause the per gallon of sap rate to go up or down.

Spud

Going rate in this area is about 50%

[PARKER MAPLE]

So Bascoms was paying 2.80 pr lb for syrup last season, wha dose this equate out to. Im confused. I was considering buy sap this season but was worried it would be to much money envolved

[Mike Czok]

So thats like 1.40/lb or per gallon

[spud]

If the bulk rate is $2.80 Lb then the syrup price would be $30.80 per gallon. 65% of $30.80 is $20.02 If your sap tested at 2% that day then it would take 43 gallons of sap to make a gallon of syrup. 43 goes into $20.02=.47 So you would be getting .47 cents per gallon of sap. If your buyer only pays you 50% then you would only be making .36 cents per gallon of 2% sap. Selling sap is big business in Franklin county and because of the amount being payed it is worth it. I would not sell my sap for 50%

Spud

[Don m]

This past season my sap was testing 3 2. And I was getting payed .50 a gallon.
That price came from a price sheet given out from bascom's.
Give them a call and they will send you one.

[spud]

If my sap test 3.2 then i get .74 cents a gallon. If Bascoms is only paying you .50 cents per gallon on 3.2 sap then you should NEVER do business with them again. I do have a neighbor that pays a straight .50 cent per gallon no matter what the sap test out at. My neighbor feels on average a woods will test 2.0% for the year. I would look for someone else to buy your sap or talk to Bascom's about changing their price.

Spud

[Thad Blaisdell]

Spud you are quite fortunate to be able to sell your sap at that price. Other areas have different demands. In my area you would not be able to get that much if you could sell it with out traveling a long distance. But before you start saying you would NEVER do business with them again, let me say they probably would not miss you. Buying sap is a tricky business in itself. I can do everything right so that I have fresh sap to work with, but then I mix in some sap that somebody brings in that is not that fresh or was not in a tank that was washed the same as me and it can bring all of the syrup down a grade. This could cost me more than I made of the sap I bought. Then the buyer needs to be around when you decide to bring the sap over so that he can test it, and measure it (most likely with a flow meter). Which means he needs to stand around while it is unloading. Personally would not want that job.

Now if it were me, I would boil it and make 100% because that is how it is done.

[Monster Maples]

This is from last year, but gives you something to go off of:
http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu/SapBuyi...dYouBuySap.pdf