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2013 Harvest syrup: the quantity and quality


Longueuil, QC, June 14, 2013 / CNW Telbec / - The temperatures, extremely favorable for sap flow observed throughout the months of March and April on the whole territory of Quebec maple syrup have a magnificent production of syrup 2013. Indeed, except for the week of 14 to 21 March where even the Quebec maple took advantage of a break, the exceptional conditions of light freezing at night and thawing during the day, however, with temperatures rarely exceeding 12 degrees, allowed maple achieve a level of production that now go down in history. Thus, 42.7 million cuts in production 7,300 maple businesses Quebec have produced 120.3 million pounds of syrup, a new record production, with an average of 2.82 pounds per notch. We can therefore speak of a good harvest. Recall that previous records dated from 2009 with a production of 109 million pounds and an average production of 2.65 pounds notch. However, there is not the amount that was the appointment in 2013, but also the quality. Thus, ranking reports made so far show a very good quality in the harvest, which is certainly due in part to the absence of a heat wave during the sugars.

"The peculiarity of this year? A time optimal sugar that is spread over a relatively long period for all regions of Quebec. From the second week of March, all regions of Quebec were already in production, which is truly outstanding, and all have produced at least until the penultimate week of April, which is still most outstanding "says Serge Beaulieu, president of the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers. "In this way, the maple at the east end of Quebec, specifically in the Lower St. Lawrence, had yields (2.96 lb / cut) as high as their brothers and sisters in western Montérégie ( 2.93 lb / notch). "

Which will play a strategic reserve roles

From 2009, following the relative low successive harvests from 2005 to 2008, the strategic reserve formed gradually since then had played a role in ensuring supply in developing markets, both at the national level and abroad . Cash from an actuarial point of view, a level considered optimal by 39 million pounds early in the season, it will probably be called to rise significantly during the year, but will now also play a stabilizing role prices until the harvest results in future years. Convention with marketing, strategic reserve is one of the essential tools that maple producers were given during the last decade to stabilize supply and prices and thus enable the development of all the maple syrup industry.

About FPAQ

Founded in 1966 to defend and promote the economic, social and moral interests of its 7,300 maple businesses, many men and women working together in the collective marketing of the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers mission their products. Thanks to the quality of their work and their products, Quebec accounts for about 75% of the world's maple syrup.



Harvesting maple syrup in Québec
Year Total Volume
(Farm sales, retail
and bulk
million pounds) yield
(Pounds per tap)
2013 120.3 2.82
2012 96.1 2.24
2011 101.9 2.39
2010 88.1 2.04
2009 109.4 2.65
2008 58.8 1.56
2007 61.7 1.73
2006 68.6 1.99





ESTIMATED PRODUCTION OF MAPLE SYRUP IN 2013 BY REGION OF QUEBEC MAPLE SYRUP



Administrative Region Number
Business Performance

Number of Producers (Lbs /tap) Total Lbs Taps
Chaudière-Appalaches 3 318 2.69 44,235,128 16,474,197
Bas-St-Laurent, Gaspésie 575 2.96 24,688,950 8,342,621
Townships 840 2.85 19,865,933 6,971,161
Centre-du-Québec, Mauricie 845 2.94 13,810,532 4,697.952
Montérégie 516 2.93 7,511,000 2,564,937
Capitale-Nationale,
Saguenay / Lac-Saint-Jean 209 3.06 4,285,971 1,401,846
Laurentides, Outaouais,
Abitibi-Témiscamingue 162 2.72 4,000,482 1,471,088
Lanaudière, Laval, Montreal 148 2.52 1,925,839 763,761
TOTAL 6 613 2.82 120,323,835 42,687,563
Source: AGÉCO Group 2013 Estimated average yield production of maple syrup and the number of taps, by region and throughout Quebec for 2013



SOURCE: FEDERATION OF QUEBEC MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCERS
Information:
Paul Rouillard, agr., Deputy director
Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers
paulrouillard@upa.qc.ca
Tel. : 450 679-7021, ext 8330