The Cornell Maple Program is offering a unique opportunity for maple producers to acquire hands-on experience to increase production, profitability and efficiency. The Cornell Maple Camp will begin late afternoon on August 25 and conclude at noon on August 28. The Cornell Maple Camp will be held at Cornell’s Arnot Teaching and Research Forest just outside Ithaca.
In the sugarbush, participants will learn how to measure and select trees, how to evaluate, plan and install a tubing system, and how to evaluate vacuum and bucket systems for efficiency.
In the sugar house participants will learn about sap storage, reverse osmosis, evaporator operations, and syrup filtering, storage and grading.
Further, participants learn to understand the principles of marketing syrup and value added products, making value-added products, and evaluating and managing their business enterprise.
Registration information is available by going to www.CornellMaple.info and selecting Cornell Maple Camp. Registration including all meals (Thursday supper through Sunday lunch) and handouts are $90 per person. Cabins at the Arnot Forest will be available for rent at $90 per person for the complete stay (Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights) or information on local hotels can be provided. This training is sponsored by the Cornell Maple Program and the New York State Farm Viability Institute.
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