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Midwest maple syrup producers adapt to record-warm winter, uncertainty in face of changing climate

The art of maple syrup production flows through generations of Dan Potterโ€™s family history. His great-grandfather bought the family farm in rural Iowa in the late 1880s and cleared the land for strawberries, clay and whiskey production. Eventually, he transitioned to making maple syrup to add to his whiskey. That started a 140-year-old tradition that […]

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