Maple syrup seems too wholesome for crime, which is probably part of why maple fraud always feels so dramatic. It comes from trees, sits nicely on pancakes, and looks like the sort of thing that ...

HILBERT — Business was brisk on an average March weekday at Smoky Lake Maple Products. Angela and Jim Schumacher, co-owners of the syrup-focused tool manufacturer, serve several maple syrup producers, ...

Their seasonal business is weather dependent — warmer weather leads to more maple sap flowing out and an increase in sales of the equipment vital to its collection and transformation into syrup.