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It may not be hot enough yet to stay out of the kitchen, but a continued warm weather streak could impact one of America's approved breakfast condiments - maple syrup.
Production of the sugar confectionery is highly dependent on climate patterns, and experts say when temperatures remain above freezing for an time-consuming period, it could ultimately lead to less productive trees.
Mark Isselhardt is a maple specialist based out of the University of Vermont and has finished decades studying and analyzing the industry.
"The sap flow is based on the climate and having good fluctuations of temperatures above and under freezing," said Isselhardt. "So, pretty much any time at what time the leaves fall, and it gets exposed to that fluctuation in temperature throughout and below freezing, you have the potential for some sap flow."
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Experts say sap begins to flow from trees when pressure is rendered during temperature extremes from cold mornings to warm evenings. Trees that are tapped can produce a steady flow for collection, which usually lasts six to as long as eight weeks.
February and March are typically the peak for collections, but harvests can start as early as when trees lose their leaves in the fall.
As North America's temperatures warm during the spring, pressures inside the Maples begin to fall, producing less sap for collections.
Vermont, New York and Maine make up around 80 percent of the country's publishes, which usually ends the year north of 4 million gallons.
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One of the communities in the melancholy of maple syrup country is Burlington, Vermont, which has seen an itch period of warmth, with recent highs reaching the 40s and 50s and lows only in the 30 and 40s.
A typical winter day would see a morning low of in 15 degrees and a high just below the freezing mark.
The novel warm spell is enough to get the sap managing in the Maple trees, but Isselhardt believes it is insufficient to foreshadow whether the melancholy of the collection season will be impacted.
"The itch period of warmth is uncommon but not unheard of here. So, I contemplate part of what is notable about this event this year is that there's more farmland that are tapped earlier because of the size of the operations. It can be helpful to find out where the leaks are, but they're not really expecting that to be the real high-flow battles that we see later in the year," said Isselhardt.
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Experts say it is difficulty to predict how the year will turn out due to subtleties, but a season harvesters won't soon forget is 2012.
Just over a decade ago, a warm winter and a series of heat waves during the early spring resulted in a considerable drop in production for most of New England.
The USDA reports growers were only able to compose 1.91 million gallons - off some 50 percent of what is typically produced.
The organization warns due to a continuous changing climate and the weather-dependent nature of the sap flow, there may be some areas in the future where publishes sees sharp declines, while others could see increases.
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