The Minnesota Maple Syrup Producers Association, Inc. is a non-profit membership organization serving people involved in the production, processing and marketing of pure maple syrup produced in Minnesota.
We are committed to the promotion of high quality maple syrup through education and information exchange. We welcome hobbyists and commercial/licensed producers alike. |
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News and Events: |
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Maple Grading School - May 17 & 18, 2012 |
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Annual Spring Maple Syrup Meeting scheduled for May 19, 2012, at St. John's Collegeville. |
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Real-time Maple Sap Flow Web Site
http://www.ageng.ndsu.nodak.edu/farmmonitor/rm/maple/ Follow this link to real-time conditions relating to maple sap flow at Eagle Lake located near Frazee, MN. John Nowatzki is monitoring air temperature and relative humidity, soil temperature, soil moisture, and solar radiation next to a maple tree. He has also tapped the tree and is running the sap through an electronic tipping bucket rain gauge to measure the sap flow. All the sensors and rain gauge are connected to an electronic data logger. He is using a cellular modem to transfer the data to the Internet. A remote computer calls the cellular modem every two hours to get the data and display it on the Web site. The sensors were installed on February 4 th, 2012.
Anyone can view all the data in three graphs on the Web site. The graphs compare sap flow with air temperature, soil temperature, and sunlight intensity measured in lumens. The data will continue to be monitored through the spring season.
You can contact John Nowatzki (Extension Ag Machine Systems Specialist)by email at John.Nowatzki@ndsu.edu
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