With one of the long, cold winters and late springs that northern Michigan is famous for, another thing the region is famous for--maple syrup--thrived this year.
Excerpt: It has been a good year for maple syrup in Michigan. Farms produced twice the amount of syrup as they did last year, thanks to prime weather conditions that extended the tree-tapping season into April.
Syrup production ended in the Lower Peninsula in early April, and the Upper Peninsula continued production until the end of April.
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Source: Michigan Radio
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