By Pat Bradley
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Lake Placid, NY – Cornell's Maple Research Center in Lake Placid reports that less than 1 percent of available maple trees are tapped across New York. Cornell Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and past director of the University's Maple Program Brian Chabot says there is increased interest in sugaring that could lead to increased production ....
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Brian Chabot says most of the increased production to meet the researcher's envisioned 92 million dollars in revenues would come from new producers.......
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NY Senator Charles Schumer, NY Congressmen Bill Owens and VT Representative Peter Welch have introduced the Maple Tapping Access Program Act to create 20-million dollars in grants to open land for production and market maple. New York State Maple Producers Association president David Campbell owns Mapleland Farms in Salem. He notes a similar bill was introduced in 2009......
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The U.S. Forest Service says New York could potentially tap 280 million trees, but sugarmakers tap just 1.8 million.