Ohio Project Looks Beyond Sugar Maples for Syrup Production

Ohio State University is involved in USDA-funded research to explore viable alternatives to sugar maples for syrup production, given that scientists expect the range of sugar maples to move northward, leaving behind the southern syrup-producing states like Ohio. Ohio State’s research focused on tapping hybrid red maple and silver maple trees, which produce sap with lower sugar content, but which could become viable for syrup producers, thanks to advances in technology.
Related ATTRA publication: Maple Sugaring: An Introduction to Small-Scale Commercial Production