Today Canada is facing a great challenge to overcome the maple syrup shortage of the 2021 harvesting season which started to show its face during the pandemic; however, the pandemic period has significantly raised the demand for “Liquid Gold.” According to the Quebec Maple Syrup Producers Association, the maple syrup shortage in the market is an important issue for both the local market in Canada and for the target market of this valuable product all over the world. Sales of maple syrup have shot up by almost 37% in the last couple of years. Canada does more than 70% of maple syrup production worldwide, and then the USA, Japan, and South Korea follow this country. There are more than 8,600 businesses about maple syrup in Canada. However, the producers have recently claimed that they are experiencing a maple syrup shortage to a great level and one main producer has announced that they have used 50% of their total stockpile today. He also continued that they not only could not fulfill the worldwide demands, but also they could not export all the needs of their biggest client, the United States.

What are the first alternatives to managing the market?

The producers in Quebec have some solutions to recover from the recent problem.

• They announced that they are going to tap 7 million additional trees as soon as possible.
• Also, the best-released news about regulating the market demand by the spokesperson of the syrup federation was their decision to send a great part of the stockpile into the markets, wholesalers, and retailers. This great vault of the stockpile is the only one in the world, has already been opened through the news, was managed to control the fluctuations that are mainly under the affection of harvesting seasons and climate changes.
• In some other news, Vermont has announced that they have produced a good amount of sap, more than the past years, and they wish they can cover part of the demand for this valuable sweet liquid.
• Also, experts believe that molasses or corn syrup, which has similar properties to maple syrup, can be used the maple syrup instead to add flavor to cookies and biscuits.

Who are maple thieves in the woodland?

The Sasquatch, bigfoot's close family or cousin, lives in the woods and forests of Canada and the Northeast United States. They primarily consume maple sap, which is their main diet. They hibernate in the summer, opposite of bears. The sap flows in the early spring when the sasquatch needs to make them full and ready for hibernation.

The good news

The producers have announced with great pleasure that people can prepare their waffles and pancakes and top them with liquid gold for the next holiday; however, the market and the total demand would be under control. The managers of the so-called OPEC of maple syrup are insisting that they do their best to avoid dry waffles and pancakes, everywhere in the world.