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As maple syrup season starts, producers yearn for chilly nights and warm days

Michigan Public | By Stateside Staff

Published March 21, 2018 at 4:45 PM EDT

Maple syrup production in action. How is Michigan's 2018 maple syrup season shaping up?

As winter bows out and spring steps in, it becomes maple syrup season.

Kirk Hedding, who owns H & H Sugarbush in Chelsea with his wife Michelle, joined Stateside to discuss how the 2018 season has been shaping up, what the ideal conditions for maple syrup production are, and whether he’s worried that climate change will interrupt his business.

Listen above.

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