Canada taps into strategic reserves to deal with massive shortage of maple syrup

[Shrek]

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/25/1059236116/canada-taps-into-strategic-reserves-to-deal-with-massive-shortage-of-maple-syrup

While high gas prices have pushed President Biden to tap into the US's strategic oil reserves, America's neighbor to the north is also dealing with a shortage of another so-called "liquid gold".

The Canadian group Quebec Maple Syrup Producers recently announced it was releasing about 50 million pounds of its strategic maple syrup reserves — about half of the total stockpile.

Quebec produces nearly 70% of the world's maple syrup, with the US being its biggest client for the sweet stuff. However, this year producers weren't able to keep up with worldwide demand, which jumped 21%, according to Bloomberg.

[CrackityJones75]

1. Wait.... Not the onion?

[aggiesal]

9. The 1st thing I thought was ...

this has to be The Onion or The Borowitz Report.

[DBoon]

2. What next? A shortage of pancake flour?

I hope there are strategic reserves for pancake flour.

[Hoyt]

3. My grandad, born in 1890s, needed his maple syrup biscuits before working farm.

[watrwefitinfor]

15. My granddad, born in 1889 (in South Carolina)

needed his cane syrup biscuits each morning before working the farm. I thought he was the only person in the world who started his day that way.

Could they have been related?

Wat

[Hoyt]

20. Cool. My grandad lived in rural Georgia. He loved that stuff. Took a toll on his heart though.

[sarcasmo]

4. Canadian Bacon reboot called Maple Syrup.

[BigmanPigman]

5. Is this why Trader Joe's stopped carrying Maple Butter Spread

after I became addicted to it? A similar jar is available for 3 times the price on Amazon. Liquid Gold is right.

[SergeStorms]

6. Why the sudden jump in demand?

Is someone trying to corner the Maple Syrup market? 🤔

To hell with crypto currencies, I'm stocking up on Maple Syrup.

[Justice matters.]

10. LEYLAH:)

[Lars39]

17. Keto

Been seeing it a bit in recipes.

[nvme]

7. I AM WILLING TO PITCH IN WITH TP

FROM MY STRATEGIC RESERVES

[C Moon]

8. I guess I could google it, but it maple syrup actually that popular in Canada?

I always thought it was a joke.

[Justice matters.]

11. Stats here from Google:

Is Canada the largest exporter of maple syrup?

Canada is the world's largest exporter of maple products in terms of value and volume, with exports valued at $515 million in 2020, up 19.8% from 2019. In terms of value, Quebec accounted for 96.4% of Canadian maple product exports in 2020.

Statistical Overview of the Canadian Maple Industry 2020https://agriculture.canada.ca › files › documents
PDF

Search for: Is Canada the largest exporter of maple syrup?

How much of the world's supply of maple syrup comes from Canada?

Canada produces 85 percent of the world's maple syrup. With for- ests brimming with majestic red, black and sugar maples, the country has just the right mix of cold spring nights and warm daytime temperatures to produce an abundance of the clear-coloured sap used to make maple syrup.

[cstanleytech]

12. According to wiki they supply 80% of the worlds supply.

What this might be an issue of as the demand collapsed in 2020 due to the virus they cut back on production.
Now though demand is increasing worldwide as restaurants and hotels are opening backup so now Canada is trying to supply it but it takes time to ramp production back up to meet the demand and that is why we are seeing shortages in other areas as well.
Of course the morons panic buying due to watching to many other morons videos on YouTube and other media sites doomsaying does not help the situation either.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

13. Now can we build that pipeline? I have

a stack of pancakes getting cold.

[KentuckyWoman]

14. In Quebec we could not find maple from Canada

From local farmer markets to grocery to tourist shops... everything was product of Vermont.

We asked about it and were told in 3 places Vermont is considered better.

It was puzzling.

[Mariana]

24. That may be true, but the difference would be very subtle.

I make my own maple syrup. I tastes different than any commercial product, probably because mine is made from the sap of about six trees, rather than that of hundreds or thousands of trees, all mixed together.

[jalan48]

16. I love maple syrup on hot cereal. Glad they tapped into those reserves.

[iemanja]

19. You shouldn't have told me that

It never occurred to me to put maple syrup on hot cereal until now. Sounds so good.

[jalan48]

21. Super yummy especially if you use some half and half with the milk.

[iemanja]

22. Naughty, naughty

Sounds delicious. Puts a whole new light on oatmeal.

[jalan48]

23. Yep-as long as my cholesterol level and my weight don' t get out of hand.

[Hekate]

18. Who knew?

[Irish_Dem]

25. Maple syrup on vanilla ice cream is really good.