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MAPLE
Released:
June 2000
NEW
YORK MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCTION, 1995-2000
Year |
Syrup
made
1/ |
Average |
Gallons
of sap per gallon of syrup |
Average
price per gallon 2/ |
Value
of
production |
first
run began |
last
run ended |
|
1,000
gals. |
|
|
Gallons |
Dollars |
1,000
dollars |
1995 |
208 |
Mar. |
4 |
Apr. |
1 |
47 |
23.50 |
4,888 |
1996 |
343 |
Mar. |
5 |
Apr. |
10 |
40 |
25.50 |
8,747 |
1997 |
269 |
Mar. |
4 |
Apr. |
7 |
48 |
25.10 |
6,752 |
1998 |
231 |
Feb. |
25 |
Mar. |
28 |
41 |
26.85 |
6,202 |
1999 |
195 |
Feb. |
27 |
Apr. |
2 |
43 |
27.30 |
5,324 |
2000 |
210 |
Feb. |
27 |
Mar. |
24 |
49 |
25.40 |
5,334 |
1/
Includes
syrup later made into sugar.
2/
2000 average
price per gallon is a preliminary estimate.
MAPLE
SYRUP:
Price by Type of Sales and Size of Container by State, 1998-1999 1/
Type
and
State |
Gallons |
½
Gallon |
Quarts |
Pints |
½
Pint |
1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
|
Dollars |
Dollars |
Dollars |
Dollars |
Dollars |
Retail |
|
|
|
|
|
CT |
34.30 |
36.40 |
19.60 |
20.60 |
11.40 |
12.00 |
7.10 |
7.00 |
4.65 |
4.70 |
ME |
33.30 |
29.00 |
17.70 |
15.70 |
10.00 |
9.50 |
5.85 |
5.50 |
4.15 |
3.70 |
MA |
31.90 |
34.20 |
18.60 |
20.00 |
11.20 |
11.40 |
6.30 |
6.50 |
5.05 |
4.15 |
NH |
30.90 |
33.50 |
17.70 |
19.00 |
10.80 |
11.20 |
6.50 |
6.50 |
3.85 |
4.00 |
NY |
30.35 |
29.70 |
17.10 |
16.60 |
10.00 |
9.35 |
6.25 |
5.95 |
4.10 |
3.65 |
PA |
28.50 |
27.50 |
16.50 |
16.10 |
9.46 |
9.25 |
5.59 |
5.76 |
3.44 |
3.60 |
VT |
29.80 |
30.70 |
17.60 |
18.10 |
10.30 |
10.50 |
6.35 |
6.70 |
4.45 |
4.30 |
Wholesale |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CT |
33.90 |
30.20 |
18.20 |
11.90 |
10.10 |
9.10 |
5.60 |
5.30 |
3.65 |
3.45 |
ME |
26.10 |
26.80 |
15.90 |
14.50 |
8.55 |
8.00 |
4.90 |
4.70 |
3.60 |
3.65 |
MA |
26.40 |
26.90 |
15.40 |
15.40 |
8.30 |
8.50 |
5.05 |
4.65 |
3.05 |
3.00 |
NH |
27.60 |
29.40 |
15.60 |
15.70 |
8.20 |
8.60 |
4.95 |
5.00 |
3.10 |
3.00 |
NY |
29.80 |
25.50 |
16.40 |
14.80 |
8.10 |
7.90 |
4.85 |
4.70 |
2.95 |
2.05 |
PA |
25.00 |
26.70 |
14.40 |
14.40 |
8.24 |
8.28 |
4.75 |
5.06 |
2.96 |
3.15 |
VT |
26.80 |
25.40 |
15.50 |
15.40 |
8.60 |
8.60 |
5.00 |
5.15 |
3.05 |
3.25 |
|
Bulk
All Grades |
Bulk
All Grades |
All
Sales |
1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
|
Dollars
per Pound |
Dollars
per Gallon |
Equivalent
per Gallon |
Bulk |
|
|
|
CT |
1.70 |
1.40 |
18.70 |
15.40 |
41.10 |
42.60 |
ME |
1.55 |
1.45 |
17.10 |
16.00 |
20.60 |
19.40 |
MA |
2.10 |
1.50 |
23.20 |
16.60 |
36.20 |
38.80 |
NH |
2.45 |
1.55 |
27.00 |
17.10 |
36.20 |
37.40 |
NY |
1.60 |
1.35 |
17.40 |
14.80 |
26.85 |
27.30 |
PA |
1.54 |
1.40 |
17.00 |
15.40 |
26.00 |
26.00 |
VT |
1.80 |
1.80 |
19.80 |
19.80 |
29.00 |
29.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1/
Prices for 1998 revised.
MAPLE
SYRUP:
Production, Price, and Value by State and United States, 1999-2000
1/
State |
Production |
Average
price
per
gallon |
Value
of production |
1999 |
2000 |
1999 |
2000 |
1999 |
2000 |
|
1,000
gallons |
Dollars |
1,000
dollars |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CT |
13 |
7 |
42.60 |
42.50 |
554 |
298 |
ME
2/ |
195 |
250 |
19.40 |
19.00 |
3,783 |
4,750 |
MA |
44 |
39 |
38.80 |
40.00 |
1,707 |
1,560 |
MI |
73 |
44 |
28.20 |
32.00 |
2,058 |
1,408 |
NH |
61 |
75 |
37.40 |
39.00 |
2,281 |
2,925 |
NY |
195 |
210 |
27.30 |
25.40 |
5,324 |
5,334 |
OH |
95 |
34 |
30.00 |
26.00 |
2,850 |
884 |
PA |
67 |
47 |
26.00 |
25.60 |
1,742 |
1,203 |
VT |
370 |
460 |
29.00 |
29.00 |
10,730 |
13,340 |
WI |
75 |
65 |
23.70 |
25.20 |
1,778 |
1,638 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New
York and
New
England Total |
878 |
1,041 |
27.80 |
27.10 |
24,379 |
28,207 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
2/ |
1,188 |
1,231 |
27.60 |
27.10 |
32,807 |
33,340 |
1/ Price
and value for 1999 are revised. Price and value for 2000
are preliminary. 2/
1999 production revised.
MAPLE
SYRUP PRICES - 1999 CROP
The
final average value of the 1999 maple syrup crop in New York was $27.30
per gallon equivalent for all sales. This was $.45 per gallon more than
the final average for the 1998 crops. The table below shows final prices
per gallon equivalent by grade and type of sale for 1998 and 1999 and
preliminary estimates for 2000.
MAPLE
SYRUP PRICES, BY TYPE OF SALE, 1998-2000
Type
of sale |
Percent
sold by type of sale |
Average
price received by producers |
1998 |
1999 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000
1/ |
|
Percent
of total 2/ |
Dollars
per gallon equivalent |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sold
retail in containers |
43 |
47 |
29.70 |
32.94 |
30.90 |
Sold
wholesale |
57 |
53 |
25.40 |
30.77 |
25.50 |
Sold
bulk |
|
|
17.00 |
14.80 |
14.40 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ALL
SALES |
100 |
100 |
26.85 |
27.30 |
25.40 |
1/ Preliminary
value per gallon for all sales is based on percent sold
by type of sale in 1999.
2/
Percentage of syrup sold wholesale includes bulk.
MORE
MAPLE PRODUCERS THAN 5 YEARS AGO
The
number of maple syrup producers in New York reporting production in 2000
was 1,525, up 5 percent from the 1,450 producers accounted for in 1995.
The number of taps totaled 1.26 million compared with 1.56 million in
1995, a decrease of 19 percent. Production totaled 210,000 gallons of
syrup. This compares with peak production of the last decade of 400,000
gallons in 1992 and the low of 180,000 gallons in 1993.
This
report is the result of the 2000 maple census, a more complete accounting
of New York maple production, and is comparable to the previous census
enumerations done in 1985, 1990, and 1995. Nearly 1,700 names were contacted
to determine if they had at least 100 taps and made syrup during the 2000
sugaring season.
MAPLE
PRODUCERS, TAPS AND PRODUCTION, NEW YORK,
1985,
1990, 1995, AND 2000
|
1985 |
1990 |
1995 |
2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Number
of producers 1/ |
1,272 |
1,314 |
1,450 |
1,525 |
Number
of taps |
1,445,000 |
1,740,000 |
1,555,000 |
1,257,000 |
Gallons
of syrup |
315,000 |
249,000 |
208,000 |
210,000 |
Gallons
per tap |
.218 |
.143 |
.134 |
.167 |
Taps
per producer |
1,136 |
1,324 |
1,072 |
824 |
1/ A producer
is defined as a syrup maker with 100 or more taps.
MAPLE
OPERATION CHARACTERISTICS, NEW YORK, 2000
The
tables on the following page show some special characteristics of maple
syrup operations captured by the 2000 survey. A brief summary of highlights
from these tables follows:
More
than 61 percent of all taps are on trees owned by the operators, 34 percent
are leased or used rent free, and the remaining 5 percent are tapped by
others with the sap delivered to the syrup producer.
Almost
82 percent of all taps in New York are on tubing, while 18 percent are
on buckets.
Approximately
74 percent of all syrup producers use a wood-fired evaporator to convert
sap to syrup. Nearly one-third of all syrup producers have been operating
30 years or more while only 6 percent have been producing less than five
years.
Twenty
percent of all operations obtain 1 percent or less of their total income
(before expenses) from maple syrup. Maple production for many New York
families remains a strong tradition even though it is not their main source
of income. Only 9 percent of the operations receive more than one-half
of their total income from maple.
TOTAL TAPS BY OWNERSHIP,
NEW YORK, 2000
By
ownership |
Percent
of total taps |
|
|
Owned
by operator |
61.4 |
Leased
by operator or rent free |
33.9 |
Tapped
by others (sap delivered) |
4.7 |
|
|
TOTAL |
100.0 |
|
|
TOTAL TAPS BY TYPE,
NEW YORK, 2000
By
type |
Percent
of total taps |
|
|
On
buckets |
18.1 |
|
|
On
tubing |
81.9 |
|
|
TOTAL |
100.0 |
|
|
TYPES
OF MAPLE EQUIPMENT BEING USED, NEW YORK, 2000
Type
of equipment |
Percent
of operators |
Percent
of
taps |
Type
of equipment |
Percent
of operators |
Percent
of
taps |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wood
fired evaporator |
74.4 |
53.0 |
Economizer |
.2 |
1.8 |
Oil
fired evaporator |
21.5 |
35.9 |
Ultra
violet light |
10.1 |
22.2 |
Steam
hood |
37.4 |
47.4 |
Filter
press |
26.1 |
50.0 |
Preheater |
33.4 |
41.3 |
Pumped
vacuum |
14.2 |
33.7 |
RO
(reverse osmosis) |
11.0 |
31.9 |
Recirculating
arch |
2.1 |
5.5 |
Piggy
back |
6.8 |
17.8 |
Automatic
draw off |
12.0 |
20.8 |
Wood
saver |
16.6 |
20.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NUMBER
OF YEARS OPERATOR HAS BEEN PRODUCING SYRUP, NEW YORK, 2000
Number
of years |
Percent
of total operations |
Percent
of total taps |
|
|
|
1-4 |
5.5 |
2.2 |
5-9 |
11.4 |
10.3 |
|
10-29 |
52.1 |
45.5 |
30+ |
31.0 |
42.0 |
|
|
|
PERCENT
OF TOTAL INCOME (BEFORE EXPENSES) FROM MAPLE, NEW YORK, 2000
Percent
of income |
Percent
of total operations |
Average
number of taps per operation |
|
|
|
1
percent or less |
19.7 |
732 |
1.1
to 9.9 percent |
40.9 |
1,308 |
10.0
to 49.9 percent |
30.8 |
2,137 |
50
percent or greater |
8.6 |
4,724 |
|
|
|
TOTAL
ALL OPERATORS |
100.0 |
1,556 |
|
|
|
SPECIAL
MAPLE ENUMERATION
Summary
by Counties, New York 2000
County |
Number
of producers |
Number
of taps |
Syrup
Produced (Gallons) |
Prelim.
2000 Price 1/ |
Average
Date Season |
Per
tap |
Total |
Opened |
Closed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Albany |
16 |
7,315 |
0.176 |
1,285 |
27.45 |
Feb
29 |
Mar
25 |
Allegany |
66 |
45,337 |
0.146 |
6,634 |
24.20 |
Feb
23 |
Mar 20 |
Broome |
24 |
6,458 |
0.132 |
855 |
29.65 |
Mar
04 |
Mar
26 |
Cattaraugus |
78 |
51,492 |
0.153 |
7,881 |
21.70 |
Feb
24 |
Mar
21 |
Cayuga |
13 |
2,805 |
0.137 |
383 |
29.35 |
Feb
24 |
Mar
21 |
Chautauqua |
78 |
47,885 |
0.117 |
5,612 |
24.05 |
Feb
22 |
Mar
19 |
Chemung |
9 |
4,818 |
0.103 |
495 |
30.50 |
Feb
24 |
Mar
21 |
Chenango |
56 |
23,839 |
0.191 |
4,557 |
27.70 |
Feb
27 |
Mar
25 |
Clinton |
54 |
91,618 |
0.128 |
11,684 |
25.55 |
Mar
05 |
Mar
30 |
Columbia |
4 |
891 |
0.236 |
211 |
34.85 |
Feb
27 |
Mar
20 |
Cortland |
32 |
23,793 |
0.157 |
3,725 |
26.15 |
Feb
27 |
Mar
24 |
Delaware |
81 |
52,978 |
0.146 |
7,731 |
24.90 |
Feb
26 |
Mar
24 |
Erie |
26 |
44,739 |
0.146 |
6,530 |
23.60 |
Feb
20 |
Mar
18 |
Essex |
30 |
20,677 |
0.226 |
4,681 |
27.35 |
Mar
01 |
Apr
02 |
Franklin |
27 |
24,352 |
0.146 |
3,555 |
24.80 |
Mar
05 |
Apr
05 |
Fulton |
14 |
7,529 |
0.155 |
1,163 |
25.50 |
Feb
27 |
Mar
26 |
Genesee |
13 |
3,030 |
0.116 |
351 |
30.20 |
Feb
23 |
Mar
20 |
Greene |
21 |
23,026 |
0.134 |
3,079 |
28.30 |
Feb
25 |
Mar
26 |
Hamilton |
2 |
3,696 |
0.177 |
656 |
36.00 |
Feb
26 |
Mar
14 |
Herkimer |
17 |
6,738 |
0.247 |
1,664 |
27.00 |
Feb
25 |
Mar
28 |
Jefferson |
25 |
12,528 |
0.160 |
2,003 |
24.00 |
Mar
01 |
Mar
24 |
Lewis |
145 |
186,977 |
0.198 |
37,031 |
22.55 |
Feb
29 |
Mar
29 |
Livingston |
5 |
980 |
0.164 |
161 |
24.90 |
Feb
27 |
Mar
19 |
Madison |
24 |
11,982 |
0.242 |
2,896 |
24.45 |
Feb
27 |
Mar
25 |
Montgomery |
11 |
43,482 |
0.254 |
11,038 |
24.15 |
Feb
25 |
Mar
26 |
Oneida |
30 |
10,841 |
0.179 |
1,938 |
25.75 |
Feb
27 |
Mar
23 |
Onondaga |
16 |
5,503 |
0.215 |
1,185 |
31.10 |
Feb
24 |
Mar
18 |
Ontario |
10 |
9,040 |
0.258 |
2,334 |
26.45 |
Feb
25 |
Mar
23 |
Orleans |
4 |
4,536 |
0.114 |
518 |
28.35 |
Feb
19 |
Mar
19 |
Oswego |
19 |
9,522 |
0.153 |
1,454 |
28.20 |
Feb
29 |
Mar
24 |
Otsego |
57 |
44,730 |
0.149 |
6,669 |
25.65 |
Feb
27 |
Mar 21 |
Rensselaer |
16 |
4,740 |
0.160 |
757 |
27.60 |
Feb
29 |
Mar
23 |
St.
Lawrence |
136 |
97,356 |
0.164 |
15,994 |
23.35 |
Mar
01 |
Mar
26 |
Saratoga |
19 |
16,257 |
0.189 |
3,073 |
28.55 |
Mar
03 |
Mar
29 |
Schenectady |
6 |
4,982 |
0.178 |
888 |
22.65 |
Feb
19 |
Mar
25 |
Schoharie |
39 |
48,316 |
0.173 |
8,332 |
27.15 |
Feb
29 |
Mar
24 |
Schuyler |
9 |
4,365 |
0.194 |
846 |
46.55 |
Feb
21 |
Mar
21 |
Steuben |
51 |
21,436 |
0.127 |
2,724 |
23.25 |
Feb
25 |
Mar
21 |
Sullivan |
16 |
4,481 |
0.116 |
518 |
28.00 |
Feb
25 |
Mar
23 |
Tioga |
24 |
10,652 |
0.142 |
1,512 |
32.15 |
Feb
25 |
Mar
21 |
Tompkins |
10 |
871 |
0.208 |
181 |
33.65 |
Feb
25 |
Mar
30 |
Ulster |
18 |
4,740 |
0.145 |
687 |
36.85 |
Feb
19 |
Mar
20 |
Warren |
11 |
8,922 |
0.215 |
1,917 |
29.35 |
Mar
03 |
Mar
28 |
Washington |
48 |
42,054 |
0.239 |
10,061 |
28.55 |
Feb
28 |
Mar
27 |
Wayne |
5 |
3,040 |
0.202 |
615 |
28.65 |
Mar
03 |
Mar
30 |
Wyoming |
68 |
144,659 |
0.143 |
20,737 |
24.90 |
Feb
24 |
Mar
24 |
Yates |
18 |
4,618 |
0.181 |
837 |
25.75 |
Feb
24 |
Mar
20 |
Other
Counties 2/ |
|
1,959 |
0.112 |
220 |
24.59 |
NA |
NA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
1,525 |
1,257,000 |
0.167 |
210,000 |
$25.40 |
Feb
27 |
Mar24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1/
Includes
all types of sales. 2/
Other counties include Dutchess, Monroe, Orange, and Putnam.
NA - Not applicable
|