Stephanie Singer (Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center naturalist and teacher) explains how tap a Maple tree. Attendees also learned to how to collect sap, and make syrup over a wood-fired evaporator.

HANCOCK, Iowa — The 31st annual Maple Tree Tap happened in Hancock, Iowa. Participants were able to celebrate with a little bit of sweetness by trying fresh maple syrup. During the event ...

Lemire Maple Syrup is a family operation dating back to 1890. Today, the Lemires tap about 10,000 trees a year, typically yielding about half a gallon of syrup per tap. What isn’t used for syrup ...

That means it’s time to tap into those maple trees to begin the process of converting the sticky sap into delicious maple syrup or other confections.

The community will have a chance to tap a tree and fill up on breakfast foods covered in maple syrup at the Baylor Regional Park annual Maple Syrup Festival on March 18 from 1-5 p.m.

Producing other kinds of syrup could be a natural way for farmers to safeguard their harvest against warmer weather and pests. But maple experts say the most famous syrup is here to stay.

Maple Tree sap tapping has been difficult this year due to the record amount of snow and late spring start. Maple syrup farmers in the northland are waiting anxiously for the weather to warm up ...

In recent weeks, producers and hobbyists across the Midwest have been tapping their trees and making maple syrup. They were waiting for just the right conditions for the sap to run: temperatures above ...

The city of Missoula is reminding residents that tapping city-owned maple trees for syrup is not only illegal, but can hurt the tree. "As many people look toward local and sustainable food ...

A familiar favorite will be on the menu at the annual Maple Syrup Sunday breakfast event at the Ledge View Nature Center south of Chilton.

In recent weeks, producers and hobbyists across the Midwest have been tapping their trees and making maple syrup. They were waiting for just the right conditions for the sap to run: temperatures ...

In the Midwest, Wisconsin and Michigan are the biggest producers of maple syrup, but there is a lot of untapped potential for maple syrup in the lower Midwest.