Producers in the maple syrup industry are worried about how tariffs on Canadian equipment will affect production costs.

A day after announcing steep tariffs on Canada -- Vermont’s top trading partner -- President Donald Trump continues to stand ...

Donna Young checks the evaporator, one of the many pieces of Canadian-made equipment used for producing maple syrup at Judd's Wayeeses Farms in Morgan, Vt., on Friday, April 11, 2025.

Vermont maple syrup makers face uncertainty amid Canada and China tariff chaos By Associated Press Published April 16, 2025, 11:01 a.m. ET ...

No industry symbolises Canada more than maple syrup. The dark, sweet sap, vacuum pumped from maple trees during the cold winter months, is so important to the country that it maintains a national ...

Business Breweries and maple syrup producer among Vermont businesses hit by Trump’s tariffs on Canada Sen. Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, said he is disturbed by Trump’s actions, which he ...

He cited data that global demand for maple products grew 20% year-over-year in 2020 and 2021. “There’s tremendous demand to produce more syrup,” Gregg said.

Vermont, aka the Green Mountain State, took the lead in maple production in the U.S. for 2019, according to the state's Secretary of Agriculture.

On the rugged western slopes of Vermont’s Mt. Mansfield, a web of plastic tubing connects some 71,000 tree taps to one of the frontiers of Vermont’s rapidly changing maple syrup industry.

Vermont may adopt new maple syrup standards By Lisa Rathke Associated Press,October 8, 2012, 12:00 a.m.

Donna Young checks the Canadian-made maple syrup evaporator in the sugarhouse at Judd’s Wayeeses Farms in Morgan, Vt., on Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ...