Pennsylvania Ag Connection - USDA to Conduct Maple Syrup Survey

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USDA to Conduct Maple Syrup Survey
Pennsylvania Ag Connection - 03/15/2018

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the 2018 Maple Syrup Survey for the Northeastern Region. The survey will collect information from more than 2,000 Northeastern producers.

The Northeastern region produced 3.85 million gallons of maple syrup in 2017. Vermont was the top Maple Syrup state with 46 percent of the United States' maple syrup, according to King Whetstone, director of the USDA's NASS, Northeastern Regional Field Office. Taps in the Northeastern Region totaled 11.6 million and accounted for 87 percent of the Nation's maple taps. The 2018 survey will ask about the 2017 and 2018 taps and production as well as price information on the syrup produced in 2017.

Producers selected for the survey can fill out the survey online via a secure website, www.agcounts.usda.gov, or return their form by mail. Federal law (Title 7, U.S. Code) requires NASS to keep all individual information confidential.

Recipients are requested to respond by May 14. NASS will publish the results on June 12. For more information about the Maple Syrup Survey call (800) 498-1518.

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