Ever wanted to make your own maple syrup? With a few tools of the trade and a maple tree in the backyard, you’re just a few easy steps away from coating your waffles and cakes in homemade maple syrup.

Wisconsin has long been a top producer in the maple syrup industry, using both traditional and modern methods of production.

Weather conditions haven’t been ideal for backyard maple syrup makers this season, but local sugar shacks are still boiling ...

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 ...

Sugar maple trees don't grow just anywhere. Luckily for pancake and waffle lovers, Pennsylvania and Erie County are within the native range for this species that produces the sap used to make maple ...

According to Buddy the Elf, the fourth and most natural (least processed) of the elves’ food groups is syrup. Judging by the movie scenes, it’s maple syrup — that’s what people mean when they say ...

There are plenty of places to get in on the sweet tradition of turning maple-tree sap into syrup in southeastern Wisconsin ...