Mansfield in Underhill, Vermont. The sugar maple tree Acer saccharum has roots in everything we do. We strive to contribute to the practical and scholarly knowledge required for the success of the maple industry, through research, demonstration, and education. Our applied research has produced new techniques for sap collection and evaporation and for improving syrup quality, while basic research has shed light on the physiology and health of sugar maple trees and the chemistry of sap and syrup.
We also serve as a field classroom for students and a research site for scientists in many disciplines. Through presentations and demonstrations we reach thousands of producers every year. We have two major stands of sugarwoods and a modern sugarhouse that support our sugaring operation.
Currently, we tap about 6, trees to produce more than 3, gallons of maple syrup. Maple research at UVM began in the s. Our research has enhanced knowledge of the sap flow mechanism, weather variables affecting sap yield, carbohydrate metabolism, sap biochemistry and microbiology, syrup chemistry, and wood anatomy and physiology, as well as sugar maple health in relation to various biotic and abiotic stresses such as nutrition and climate.
We have recently joined MapleResearch. Established in as the first permanent maple research facility in the world, PMRC is renowned as an international leader in basic and applied research on maple trees and maple production.
Our property consists of approximately acres of wooded and open land. More than acres are sugarbush actively managed for maple syrup production and research.
