Maple Syrup Output Rises
WASHINGTON - Jan 12/18 - SNS -- The 2017 United States maple syrup production totaled 4.27 million gallons, up 2% from the previous year, according to the USDA's final crop estimates.
The number of taps was estimated at 13.3 million, up 6% from the 2016 total. Yield per tap was estimated to be 0.320 gallon, down 4% from the previous season.
Maple Syrup Taps, Yield, and Production - States and United States: 2015-2017
[Estimates for 2017 are carried forward from the June 2017 "Crop Production". Any revisions will appear in
the June 2018 "Crop Production"]
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: Number of taps : Yield per tap : Production
State :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
: 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017 : 2015 : 2016 : 2017
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: ------- 1,000 taps ------- --------- gallons --------- ----- 1,000 gallons -----
:
Connecticut ......: 85 85 86 0.224 0.224 0.233 19 19 20
Indiana 1/ .......: (NA) 60 62 (NA) 0.200 0.194 (NA) 12 12
Maine ............: 1,850 1,860 1,890 0.299 0.363 0.375 553 675 709
Massachusetts ....: 310 315 320 0.242 0.244 0.263 75 77 84
Michigan .........: 470 400 440 0.270 0.225 0.250 127 90 110
Minnesota 1/ .....: (NA) 76 77 (NA) 0.184 0.182 (NA) 14 14
New Hampshire ....: 560 545 550 0.275 0.310 0.280 154 169 154
New York .........: 2,310 2,515 2,650 0.260 0.281 0.287 601 707 760
Ohio .............: 440 370 400 0.261 0.189 0.200 115 70 80
Pennsylvania .....: 620 660 660 0.266 0.217 0.211 165 143 139
:
Vermont ..........: 4,550 4,850 5,410 0.310 0.410 0.366 1,410 1,990 1,980
West Virginia 1/ .: (NA) 51 61 (NA) 0.118 0.148 (NA) 6 9
Wisconsin ........: 760 765 735 0.283 0.307 0.272 215 235 200
:
United States ....: 11,955 12,552 13,341 0.287 0.335 0.320 3,434 4,207 4,271
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(NA) Not available.
1/ Estimates began in 2016.
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