Sap harvesters in Door and Kewaunee counties are preparing for what hopefully will be a successful harvest. The state of Wisconsin produced 265,000 gallons of maple syrup in 2020 after tapping approximately 780,000 trees to collect sap. Casco’s Bill Roethle says the weather has been helpful as of late and he hopes by completing his tube system, he is able to increase his sap collection yields without doing the same to his workload.

Roethle expects to tap the trees this weekend with the fluctuating temperatures helping him collect nearly 5,000 gallons of maple sap within the next few weeks. While he makes some maple syrup himself, Roethle sells much of his harvest to a larger processor in Manitowoc.

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