input please....sap n school
I am creating math word problems based on sugaring....so what is the average price of a gallon of syrup in Maine this year?
I need to know this so that I can have them figure out
how many pints in a gallon
how much would it be per pint/cup/.
Thanks
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$60.00
Brian
Velvet Hollow Sugarworks
Greenwood, Maine
900 taps
CDL 2X6, leader RO
I agree - about $60 retail. Wholesale maybe $50. In bulk??? Maybe $35-40
Steven Abbott
Over 900 taps on vacuum
30" x 10' D&G Woodsaver evaporator with Steamaway
Half acre market garden
2 farmers in training
Is there something that dictates this price? Has anyone figured out the actual cost to make 1 gallon of syrup? I get asked the question quite frequently.
Sounds like fun! My son is a math teacher who also likes to keep lessons interesting. What grades do you work with? Don't forget about the rule of 86. That could be worked up into a bunch of problems re pints/qts/gallons of sap needed for syrup based on typical sap sugar content. Or how many pancakes you can cover with so much syrup if each pancake uses a set measure. That's actually a problem someone asked here last year in trying to figure out how much syrup was needed for a church pancake breakfast.
“A sap-run is the sweet good-bye of winter. It is the fruit of the equal marriage of the sun and frost.”~John Burroughs, "Signs and Seasons", 1886
backyard mapler since 2006 using anything to get the job done from wood stove to camp stove to even crockpots.
2012- moved up to a 2 pan block arch
2013- plan to add another hotel pan and shoot for 5-6 gallons
Thinking small is best for me so probably won't get any bigger.
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