Michigan Maple Conference
January 19th & 20th, 2024
Comfort Inn Conference Center, Mt Pleasant
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NOTE - tickets may be purchased at the door on the day of the event for $65.
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2024 Michigan Maple Conference Program
Friday
Saturday
5:30p Syrup must be turned in for judging
6:00 - 8:00p Registration - West (Main) Entrance to Conference Center
6:00 - 8:00p Vendor Area Open
6:30p Syrup Judging Begins
7:30 - 9:30p Hors d’oeuvres
8:00 - 8:45p What’s new on the Market - Equip. Manufacturers/Dealers
8:45 - 9:30p Round Table Sharing and Discussion: All things Maple
7:30a Registration - West (Main) Entrance to Conference Center
8:00a - 3:30p Vendor Area Open
8:00a - 3:30p Hydrometer testing by Sugar Bush Supplies - BRING YOUR OWN HYDROMETER
9:00a Welcome - David Noonan, MMSA President
9:15a Dr. Jessie Randal, Director MSU UP Forest Innovation Center, “Updates on Maple Grants and MSU Sugarhouse, Escanaba, MI”
9:45a Timothy D. Perkins, Ph.D. Research Professor, University of Vermont Proctor Maple Research Center “Innovations & Maple Sap Collection”
11:00a MMSA Business, Elections, and Syrup Contest Winners
12:00p Lunch
Afternoon Breakout Sessions:
Room A
1:15-2:00p
Pre-season Sugar Bush Management
-Dr. Jessie Randal, Director MSU UP Forest Innovation Center
2:15-3:00p
Promotion and Marketing
-Mary Douglas, Sugar Bush Supply
3:15-4:30p
Beginning Maple Syruping
-Kirk Hedding, H&H Maple
Room B
1:15-2:00p
Sugar Bush Monitoring
-Jeff Skarda, Sap Spy
2:15-3:00p
Maple Sugar, Nuts and Confections
-Dale & Julie Forrester, Great Lake Maple Supply and Terry Coleman, The Maple Haus
3:15-4:30p
Maple Sugar and Confections Continued
-Demonstrations, Hands-on
