Crown Maple

[mapleack]

^ lol, wrong kind of crown maple.

[Dave Y]

as I have said in the past , there are those who make money with maple syrup, and then there are those who make maple syrup with money. I read the article and if I had that kind of money I would be that brash also.

[unc23win]

Personally I find it interesting that they can get $191 a gallon by selling it in small quantities. I am not interested in the amount of time it takes to sell Syrup to get that much a gallon nor am I that concerned with being a millionare.

From what I know most producers sell to their regular customers and then sell the rest in bulk soemtimes it goes from Pa and stops in Vermont and other times it is headed to Canada depending on the need where it goes from there who knows. I know a few local producers that wait it out and sell all their syrup retail throughout the year and I am happy for them making the extra money.

How big could this Crown get who knows, but there are limits I think. At 25,000 taps they are far from some of the big boys. Within and hour of me there are two 1 is about 100,000 and the other about 80,000. as far as the corporate part thats what corporations do try to make MORE money. Here in Pa the Regas were getting into maple before Adelphia crumbled and they went to prison.

Myself I wonder what if Crown gets into the equipment part of it? Would that bring about new ideas?

[RUSTYBUCKET]

http://hudsonvalley.ynn.com/content/...tion/?ap=1&MP4

[Snowy Pass Maple]

In our local paper, the Millbrook Independent:

Madava Farms LLC, which operates Crown Maple Syrup in Dover Plains, was offered $500,000 “to expand its operation and create a tourism destination.” This grant is supposed to generate 59 new jobs.

http://themillbrookindependent.com/n...ds-738-million

[shane hickey]

Wheres my half a million grant. Sounds like a monopoly
To me unless they offered this to other larger producers
But i guess good for them.

[CBarnaby]

"The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits." Thomas Jefferson
I have no problem with any company or person making money, just don't like the government donation of $500,000!

[mapleack]

That's BS.

[Gary R]

If we hung out with Chuck Shummer and the likes, we probably would get money.

[adk1]

The Mid Hudson Regional Council added the Crown Maple into their Consolidated Funding Application and named it a Priority Project.
Pay attention to the amount of private funding for the project as well
P R I O R I T Y P R O J E C T
Crown Maple Phase II – Dutchess County
In just two years, Crown Maple at Madava Farms in Dutchess County’s Town of Dover has become New York
State’s leading supplier of pure, certi#ed-organic maple syrup, creating jobs and increasing economic vitality in
the region. !e creation of a new Visitor Center and the increase of manufacturing capacity and output at Madava
Farms, LLC’s Crown Maple facility in Dutchess County will bring signi#cant economic impact to both the
county and the Mid-Hudson Valley region. !rough new maple tapping, increased agri-tourism, and expanded
manufacturing capacity and within #ve years of completion, Crown Maple projects will a"ract up to 28,000
visitors annually to the Visitor Center, a 7,000-square-foot Visitor Center in currently vacant space located on the
second 'oor of its manufacturing and bo"ling center at Madava Farms !is shovel ready project will result in the
$3,454,240 private equity.