datzenmike Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 Last time I checked it was $60 an imperial gallon but today it's around $100 for 4 liters or $114 a gallon Quote Link to comment
Dav Posted November 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 I’m going to stick with Canadian measurements - I think. 50 million pounds is about 4.25 million imperial gallons for a total of about $500 million of new syrup at current prices. Normal Canadian production was about 14 million gallons last year. 4.25 million gallons added from the strategic reserve should make an impact on the price. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 Oh.... I thought that was a parody. Quote Link to comment
ratpatrol66 Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 Dav, you live in Southern Jefferson California so why are you worried about Canadian maple syrup? Well maybe you are a pancake junkie??? 1 Quote Link to comment
Dav Posted November 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 Got it rat - I’ll read the terms of service more carefully . Mr Mike, can you confirm whether Canada has a strategic reserve of maple syrup? Now I wanna make sure itsa real - maybe this was Canadian humor? Quote Link to comment
420n620 Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 Interesting facts about Canada's maple syrup reserve. *Does Canada have a national reserve of maple syrup? Canada's Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve is built up by Quebec's maple producers, who are required to donate a portion of their product to the reserve every year. ... Canada has a 'strategic' maple syrup reserve in case there's a maple syrup emergency.Mar 10, 2020 *How much maple syrup does Canada have? Today, after rapid growth in the 1990s, Canada produces more than 80 percent of the world's maple syrup, producing about 73 million kg (80,000 short tons) in 2016. The vast majority of this comes from the province of Quebec, which is the world's largest producer, with about 70 percent of global production. *What is the global strategic maple syrup reserve? Strategic reserve The reserve is operated as a government-sanctioned cartel to control global maple syrup prices and supply, and has been called "the OPEC of the maple syrup world" by The Economist. A barrel is worth about $1,200 or $2.88 per pound which is 10-18 times the value of U.S. crude oil. *How much is Canada's maple syrup reserve worth? Canada has a Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve in Laurierville, Quebec, that contains a 267,000 square foot stockpile of 94,000 barrels of maple syrup. The site holds half of the average annual harvest of Quebec maple syrup. The 55 million pounds of sticky goodness is worth more than $130 million.Aug 26, 2021 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 I guess it could be true about the reserve but the amounts seem unrealistic. 94,000 barrels would require 3,760,000 barrels of collected sap. This would have to be boiled down at 40 sap to one of syrup. 2020 produced over 14,000,000 gallons or 373,000 US 45 gallon drums. (over 8% higher than the previous year) If that's what they are using. If so then the reserve is about 1/4 of a years production, more than enough to cover years when production is down slightly. 14,000,000 gallons of syrup?.... that's a lot of sap. Over 21 Olympic size swimming pools full of syrup would need 560,000,000 gallons of sap or 860 Olympic size swimming pools of sap. Or 546,000,000 gallons (655,000,000 US gallons) boiled away. The mind boggles... Quote Link to comment
john510 Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 Aunt Jemima,problem solved. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 14,000,000 is 16,800,000 US gallons so if you used 2 table spoons (256 per US gallon) on every pancake you could eat 2 billion 150 million. or over 56 pancakes per year for every mother loving Canadian. Or 5.8 pancakes for everyone if we share with the US. Quote Link to comment
Dav Posted November 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 Yes - this mind is boggled. Quote Link to comment
bottomwatcher Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 8 hours ago, john510 said: Aunt Jemima,problem solved. Aunt Jemima got canceled. Racist! 2 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 Grab Robin Hood by the bag and Aunt Jemima by the box. Quote Link to comment
Ooph! Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 I have a box with her picture was going to hang onto but couldn't resist and used it of course with real maple syrup Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 I imagine New England woods produces syrup. Quote Link to comment
bananahamuck Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 Except most maple sugar is used for everything BUT pancakes now.. With the worlds fixation on using anything but processed sugar and corn syrup now ,, that shit is being processed into "healthy" alcohol mixers. Go into any market and you'll see a shit load of products that announce having that sap in it.. HEY KIDS!! For abnormally healthy colon try maple syrup infused giant 5 topping pizza.. . 1 Quote Link to comment
ratpatrol66 Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 4 hours ago, bananahamuck said: HEY KIDS!! For abnormally healthy colon try maple syrup infused giant 5 topping pizza.. . What Pizza joint is this? 1 Quote Link to comment
john510 Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 12 hours ago, bottomwatcher said: Aunt Jemima got canceled. Racist! Yes it did.Probably a conspiracy to create more demand for Canadian Maple syrup. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 Is AJ a pancake mix? Wouldn't having more pancakes cause demand for more syrup?. Quote Link to comment
Dav Posted November 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 Just another naked post Petroleum stockpiles aren’t the only strategic reserves being tapped this season amid concerns of supply shortages and sky-high prices. The Canadian federation that controls close to three-quarters of the world’s maple syrup production recently announced it will release some 50 million pounds of maple syrup from its emergency stockpile — almost half of the reserve — to keep Quebec’s liquid gold flowing to breakfast tables worldwide. The announcement from the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers (QMSP), first reported by Bloomberg News, comes after supply was strained by a drop in production and a pandemic-fueled surge in demand. Quebec produces 73 percent of the world’s maple syrup supply but was hit with a shorter and warmer spring sugaring season that caused output to fall by nearly a quarter. Meanwhile, global sales jumped more than 36 percent from 2020, according to QMSP data. [Why is maple syrup controlled by a Quebec cartel anyway?] “This year’s production was lower overall, and it really was a combination of Mother Nature being uncooperative as far as a good season and the good news about maple syrup’s health benefits,” said Kevin McCormick, a seasoned maple syrup producer in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, which also saw a weather-related drop in production. Representatives with QMSP did not immediately respond to interview requests Saturday, but spokesperson Hélène Normandin told Bloomberg last week that the federation maintains its strategic reserve to offset lean production years or spikes in demand. “The pandemic helped in our case because we’re seeing people cook more at home and use more local products,” Normandin told Bloomberg. It continues, but not here. Quote Link to comment
john510 Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 1 hour ago, datzenmike said: Is AJ a pancake mix? Wouldn't having more pancakes cause demand for more syrup?. No,it was a syrup. 2 Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Dav said: Quebec produces 73 percent of the world’s maple syrup supply but was hit with a shorter and warmer spring sugaring season that caused output to fall by nearly a quarter. Meanwhile, global sales jumped more than 36 percent from 2020, according to QMSP data. [Why is maple syrup controlled by a Quebec cartel anyway?] 2 hours ago, Dav said: Self answering question. "Them that has the gold makes the rules" to quote a related saying. Quote Link to comment
Dav Posted November 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2021 None of what I posted, other than “just another naked post” and “continues but not here.”, was my creation. Quote Link to comment
angliagt Posted November 29, 2021 Report Share Posted November 29, 2021 On 11/27/2021 at 11:02 AM, john510 said: Aunt Jemima,problem solved. Uncle Ben said we can't call her that any more. I think she identifies as a White Male now. 1 Quote Link to comment
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