Ken
What gripes me the most about the issue you pointed out in Sandgate is the foundation behind the operation. Not what they report or don't report when and where. Of course I as 12 gallon per year producer may not have the need for that information like you do or others do.
And of course everybody likes to claim their Syrup is the best and everybody else's is garbage or inferior. I condone that piece of naturalism.
If you had enough money to get the New York Times to "wrong" ( not write ) an article, sweet talking your syrup and trash talking everybody else's you could charge more for your syrup too.
If you had enough money to get high ranking state political figures to jump in and pay for your sugaring operation that would help the process too.
Why should New York State Tax payers have paid for his equipment so that he pays no taxes on his 800 acres of land? Let him do that if he wants a sugar shack to name after his daughters and pay no taxes on his land.
If the state wants to help anybody they should help "Real" ( people that are doing it for their livelihood ) sugar makers in the surrounding area. Give them the money to buy milk trucks to cart the sap off his land and make sugar on their property if he wants the state to pay for his tax break on his land. Such that they can profit from it and pay their employees.
Oh, he is getting the money so that he can create 30 jobs ( minimum wage ) and a tourist destination, that is F'n closed to the public just 2 or 3 years after opening. I wonder what that ( 30 jobs created ) has dropped too.
No I don't hate rich people, and I am not a fan of Bernie Sanders philosophy, but my sentiment is the government should let rich people take care of themselves. Especially if that government walks a different talk!
Rob
If you think it's easy to make good money in maple syrup .... then your obviously good at stealing somebody's Maple Syrup.
Favorite Tree: Sugar Maple
Most Hated Animal: Sap Sucker
Most Loved Animal: Devon Rex Cat
Favorite Kingpin: Bruce Bascom
40 Sugar Maple Taps ... 23 in CT and 17 in NY .... 29 on gravity tubing and 11 on 5G buckets ... 2019 Totals 508 gallons of sap, 7 boils, 11.4 gallons of syrup.
1 Girlfriend that gives away all my syrup to her friends.