The sweet production of maple syrup in the Ottawa region is stuck at the starting line due to cold weather.
“We’re ready to start the race and are just waiting for someone to pull the trigger,” says Scott Deugo a fifth-generation syrup producer at Fulton’s Sugar Bush.
March is usually the beginning of the maple syrup season but another cold snap has many in the business nervous.
The maple syrup season usually only runs six to eight weeks. A late start could severely limit production.
The optimal temperatures for producing syrup are -5 degrees overnight and 5 degrees during the day.
This stretch of deep freeze is also stopping Deugo from tapping because the work could split the trees in the process.
Canada produces 85 per cent of the world’s maple syrup.
With a report from CTV's John Hua.
