CASHTON, Wis. (WKBT) -- Maple season in Wisconsin is coming to an end in southwestern Wisconsin. Maple trees require moisture from snowfall and freezing temperatures at night followed by warmer days ...

The art of maple syrup production flows through generations of Dan Potter’s family history. His great-grandfather bought the family farm in rural Iowa in the late 1880s and cleared the land for ...

All Wisconsin crops are impacted by the weather, and that includes maple syrup. Maple sap collection involves drilling into mature trees, with modern methods like vacuum systems and pipeline networks ...

Menominee tribal member Charles James taps a maple tree in the Menominee Forest on Tuesday March 24, 2026 in Keshena, Wisconsin. (Jovanny Hernandez / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Warmer winters are ...

Climate change is threatening Wisconsin's maple syrup production, particularly in the southern part of the state. Warmer temperatures are causing the sap collection season to shift earlier and may ...

The official state tree of Wisconsin is the Sugar Maple, and its sap is the primary source of maple syrup. Since it takes at least several hundred sugar maples to make syrup production profitable, ...

This story is a product of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, an independent reporting network based at the University of Missouri in partnership with Report for America, with major funding ...

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