This
year’s maple syrup harvest set a record in Quebec – a combination of favourable
weather and the marketing board drive to regain market share.
Quebec
had been losing market share to the Northeastern United States and Ontario when
it introduced supply management in an effort to drive up prices.
This
spring, Quebec's 13,700 maple syrup producers harvested a record 152.2 million
pounds of maple syrup from 44.2 million taps.
That
compares with 148 million pounds last year and 120 million pounds in 2014.
