Has the federation set the price for this year yet?
Has the federation set the price for this year yet?
Russ
"Red Roof Maples" Where the term "boiling soda" was first introduced to the maple world!
1930 Ford Model AA Doodlebug tractor
A couple of Honda 4 wheelers
Four chainsaws and no chickens!
I talked with a few folks from Quebec during the open houses. They were in the thick of the season, enduring some of the same type of runs that we had here in Vt. Looks like they will be near an average crop.
2 1/2 x8 Lapierre Waterloo-Small (oil fired)
Leader Steamaway
1200 gph Lapierre RO
1800 taps
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Mike Christian
505 Main St. Orwell, Vt.
Unlike U.S. packer prices, the Federation (FQAP) prices are typically set well in advance of the season. http://ppaq.ca/en/producer/useful-information/price/
GD C$2.95
AR C$2.94
DR C$2.85
VDS C$2.55
Organic bonus C$0.18
SS Barrel premium C$0.025
Galvanized barrel penalty -C$0.075
There are also penalties for over or under density syrup ranging from -C$0.10 to -C$1.00
Note that these values are all in Canadian $. Canadian $ is worth about $0.74 today. If you parse out the "effects" of exchange rate versus supply, the Canadian/U.S. Exchange rate accounts for 96% of the difference, with the remaining 4% due to oversupply/packer factors. Overall, this is a considerable improvement over the last few years in what U.S. producers get for syrup, and indicates that "oversupply" is not having much of an impact on prices U.S. producers receive for their syrup. More room for U.S. expansion perhaps?
Last edited by DrTimPerkins; 05-08-2019 at 09:51 AM.
Dr. Tim Perkins
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