Current offerings:

Maple Syrup Production Beginner's Notebook
Sugarbush Management Notebook
Selling Maple Wholesale Notebook
Maple Tubing and Vacuum Notebook
Maple Confections Notebook
Grading Maple Syrup Notebook

Reverse Osmosis, Monitoring Systems, Sap Collection, Evaporating – these are just a few of the topics covered by our maple production instructional videos.

Access student and teacher materials, including handouts and videos for all grade levels:

• Cornell Cooperative Extension
• Online Course for Maple Syrup Production, Adam Wild, Small Farms and Cornell Maple Program
• Maple Syrup Quality Control Manual – University of Maine
• New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
• Agroforestry: "What can I do with my woods?", Steve Gabriel, Tracey Testo
• #11 Forest Land Resources, Tara Hammonds, Small Farms Quarterly
• Other Tree Saps & Syrups, Small Farms
• Maple Syrup Production Resources – University of Maine Extension
• Additional Maple Resources – Anderson's Maple Syrup
• New York State Maple Producers Association
• USDA Forest Health Protection – Forest Pests
• Cornell's Master Forest Owner volunteer program
• Maple Disease Factsheet
• Forest insect pests and how to effectively control them, information from the NYS DEC
• USDA Agencies, Services, and Programs
• University of Vermont Maple Extension Program
• University of Vermont Proctor Research Center
• The North American Maple Syrup Council
• Centre Acer – Maple Research based in Quebec (website in French)
• International Maple Syrup Institute – Non-profit Organization
• Pure Canadian Maple Syrup – Recipes

Cornell Maple Program has produced maple recipes in video, digital text, and print format (brochures).

The Cornell Small Farms Program is pleased to offer an introductory course in maple syrup production as part of a new suite of online courses.  This online course covers all the basics of maple syrup production.

Here you'll find user friendly calculators for online use and free download.

Topics include: Transmittance Blending for proper grade, Sap Buying and Selling, Income calculations, Confections Pricing, and more.

To accommodate Social Distancing, new lessons will be coming soon to the CMP Website.

Cornell Maple Program Research

For a highlights reel of our latest research, check out the Cornell Maple Program Annual Grant Reporting Page:

Find miscellaneous past research from both Uihlein and Arnot Forests at:

Archives of Historic Maple Research can be accessed below.