Vermont Open Houses April 28-29th

[can'twaitforabigrun]

I am planning to head to the open houses in Vermont this weekend. As of yet I haven't seen the schedules of speakers and seminars at the various locations. The only info. I have is that Dr. Tim Perkins is speaking at 2pm at Leader Evaporator on both days. I am looking for information on schedules of speakers and seminars for both days at Leader, CDL, Lapierre, Dominion and Grimm, H20 and Maple Expert Solutions. Also, if there are any sugarhouses nearby open for visitors in the general area of the open house's (Fairfax, st Albans, swanton, Franklin County, etc.) I would be interested in stopping in.

[Sunday Rock Maple]

The only schedule I can find on a website is for Bascoms next weekend. Perhaps it's on Facebook? If so,I don't want it that bad.....

[sapman]

I believe Dr. Tim is at Lapierre 10 am, H2O at noon. D&G has Tim Wilmot and Abby van den Berg. Don't have times on them. So annoying they don't tell you everything in some of the flyers. I called on a couple of them.

[WESTVIRGINIAMAPLER]

I welcome any of you to stop by CDL as I will be doing a 3/16 presentation throughout the day on Friday and Saturday. There will be other presentations and demonstrations inside and out.

[markcasper]

Looks to be a nasty competition starting over here in Wisconsin amongst equipment dealers competing for sales. Guess the equipment selling bubble has burst.

[DrTimPerkins]

I believe Dr. Tim is at Lapierre 10 am, H2O at noon. D&G has Tim Wilmot and Abby van den Berg. Don't have times on them. So annoying they don't tell you everything in some of the flyers. I called on a couple of them.

I will be at Lapierre from 9-11:00. Dr. Abby and I are speaking starting at 10am. Headed to H2O and scheduled to speak at noon, then off to Leader to speak at 2:00pm.

Speakers/schedules I know of:

CDL
9:00 CDL's way of collecting sap
10:30 Combination 30+ and Master
11:30 CDL's vision for Monitoring System
12:30 3/16" Gravity
1:30 Super High Brix vs Taste (Dr. Abby....although it is likely to be closer to 2:30pm on Saturday I think)

Lapierre
10:00 Dr. Abby/Dr. Tim - High Brix Taste and HYPERBRIX: First Impressions
Glenn Goodrich - 3/16" with and without a vacuum pump
Brian Bainborough - QA and Best Practices for making maple syrup
Steve Bedard - Tubing Installation Best Practices
Jeff Goulet - Dealing with early-season sap that is tough on the RO

H2O
noon Dr. Tim - Maximizing Sap Yield
Rock Gaulin - Membrane Health Care
Matthieu Fortier - H2O Smartrek Monitoring

D&G
Dr. Abby - High Brix Taste
Tim Wilmot - 3/16" Tubing
Others?

Leader
9:00 Bradley Gillilan - Boiling 101
10:00 Hills - Maple Confections
1:00 Panel Discussion on State of Industry
2:00 Dr. Tim - Effects of Environmental and Biological Factors on Sap Sweetness and Yield

If I didn't note times it is because I don't know them. I believe there are other talks at Leader Evaporator and D&G as well, but I don't know what they are or when they are.

Hope to see some friendly faces. Stop me and say hello.

[WestfordSugarworks]

Dr. Tim, is this schedule for Friday or Saturday? Thanks.

[Biz]

I'm planning to attend Goodrich Maple's open house and seminars which is the following weekend. Apparently they just send fliers out which my brother received.

Dave

[DrTimPerkins]

Both days I believe. I've updated the schedule below for Leader....found their flyer.

The Bascom Maple Open House is May 5-6. Mark Isselhardt (UVM Maple Extension) will be speaking there. Seminar schedule below:

9:30 - 10:45 * UVM Extension & Proctor Maple Research Center Update - Mark Isselhardt
9:30 - 10:45 * What is Wrong with These Pictures - Mike Farrell
9:30 - 10:45 * Maple Candy and Maple Cream - David & Dwayne Hill
11:00 - 12:15** Fundamentals of Filtering Maple Syrup - Mark Isselhardt
11:00 - 12:15 * Update from North of the Border - TBA
1:00 - 2:15 * Leader's New Items for the Maple Industry - Bruce Gillilan
1:00 - 2:15 * 3/16" Tubing Under Vacuum - Mike Farrell
1:00 - 2:15** Granulated Maple Sugar and Maple Candy - David & Dwayne Hill