(Maine maple) Syrup season slowly dripping by

[jpak]

http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/3735594.html

AUGUSTA -- Ron LaRue, a syrup maker from Mount Vernon, is worried.

It's the middle of the maple sugaring season, but the sap that makes the sweet syrup is barely trickling.

"It doesn't look very promising," he said Tuesday as he busied himself with chores around his sugarhouse, repairing a hose to the wood-fired evaporator.

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But LaRue and other farmers say this is not a typical season. And they say that if it becomes typical, the state's $12 million sugaring industry could be in trouble. He believes global climate change is affecting weather patterns, and adversely affecting the sugarbush, the term used for a farmer's maple trees.

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[GliderGuider]

1. I spoke to a syrup producer this evening

They're about an hour Northwest of Messina, NY. They've had two days of sap altogether. They're hoping for good runs the rest of this week. But...