Not very much posted for NW Wisconsin this year here on Maple Trader.
Here is a summary of 2025 from our sugar bush north of Tony in Rusk County:
We tapped on March 2nd, in hindsight should have waited until St. Patrick's Day - unfortunately, the extended weather forecasts are pretty much useless.
We collected a total of 1,200 gallons on 100 taps - fired up the evaporator 10 times over the course of the season.
Our last cook was on April 5th and pulled the taps the same day.
Likely missed a couple more runs, but felt it was time to wrap up the year.
We bottled today and ended up with 26 gallons and 3 pints of syrup.
Another odd year, sap was crystal clear all along but when we filtered the syrup coming off the evaporator - filters were black, first cook to the last.
Sap ran on cold windy days, ran through the night several times - about the time you think you have it figured out, you realize that you don't ...
Finished syrup is dark, but the flavor is very good.
Hope everyone else had a good year as well!