Bitter Cold Affecting Local Syrup Harvest ; in a Region Once the Nation's Top Producer of Maple Sap, Farmers Are Worried About a Late, Scant Season.

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UNION TWP., Miami County -- February's near-record cold has sapped maple syrup producers of precious harvest time.

Dean Dohner, who usually makes 225 to 250 gallons of syrup annually near West Milton, said Sunday that this year's harvest is starting later than it has in the past 23 years.

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Bitter Cold Affecting Local Syrup Harvest ; in a Region Once the Nation's Top Producer of Maple Sap, Farmers Are Worried About a Late, Scant Season.

He said his harvest usually starts about Feb. 1.

Dohner sells syrup at Dayton's Second Street Public Market...

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