The Official U.S. Maple Syrup Almanac 2015 | Page 8

T H E OFFICIAL UNITED STATES Maple Syrup Almanac 2015 3RD EDITION HIGHLIGHTS SEASON OF THE 2015 maple industry at a glance. What people were talking about … PUBLISHED BY 106 Main St. Greenwich, N.Y. 12834 www.themaplenews.com 518-692-2204 518-692-2205 fax USPS Number: 023-272 ISSN: 1930-2258 PUBLISHER Peter Gregg pgregg@ themaplenews.com ACCOUNT MANAGER Kate Ziehm kziehm@ themaplenews.com DESIGNER Michael Apuan CONTRIBUTORS Betty Ann Lockhart Don Lockhart Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Barbara Lassonde Blair Smith, NASS/USDA ON THE COVER: Steam billows out of the Sugar Hill Pure Maine Maple Products sugarhouse in Newfield, Maine on March 22, 2015. The Official U.S. Maple Syrup Almanac comes free with a subscription to The Maple News. ©Atticus Communications, Inc. 8 The era of super concentrate begins A sugarmaker in Northern Vermont was the first to go into commercial production with so-called “super concentrate,” processing sap that had been R/O’ed to 41 percent brix, nearly two thirds of the way to syrup density. His R/O, made by H20 Innovation