Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chocolate and candy hearts might be the sweet stars of mid-February, but some Wisconsinites have something sappier on their mind ...

May 1—EAU CLAIRE — Many Wisconsinites have been grumbling about the cold, damp weather that has dragged on for weeks, but the conditions hit the sweet spot for state maple syrup producers. After a ...

All Wisconsin crops are impacted by the weather, and that includes maple syrup. Maple sap collection involves drilling into mature trees, with modern methods like vacuum systems and pipeline networks ...

The official state tree of Wisconsin is the Sugar Maple, and its sap is the primary source of maple syrup. Since it takes at least several hundred sugar maples to make syrup production profitable, ...

Maple syrup-making season is officially underway in northeast Wisconsin. March's weather is usually an ideal time of year for maple syrup production, but producers started tapping trees earlier this ...

CUMBERLAND (WKOW) — Maple forests are only found in the northeast quarter of North America. Maple trees only thrive in a specific region from New England to Minnesota and the Canadian provinces that ...

Climate change is affecting the maple syrup industry, causing the season to start earlier and impacting sap production. Wisconsin ranks fourth in the nation in maple syrup production, producing ...