Commodities
Record Maple Syrup Harvest Not Enough as Quebec Eyes Bigger Bounty
- Poor harvests from climate impacts push group to boost output
- Rising global demand has also sapped Quebec’s syrup stockpiles
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A record maple syrup harvest just isn’t enough for the world’s top producing region.
Quebec — the source of 72% of the world’s maple syrup — is ramping up output to not only quench global appetites for the pancake topper, but also to replenish depleted stockpiles that are set aside to protect Canadian farmers against bad harvests in a volatile industry.