N.B. news: Maple syrup producers start season early [Video]

This year’s maple syrup season came a little earlier than normal in New Brunswick, but right now it’s bringing a lot of promise.

“We’re looking at the forecast in the next 10 days we could make almost, what I see, half of our season in the next days because the temperatures are there. We need to freeze at night, warm during the day,” said Chateau Scoudouc co-owner Eric Haché.

He says he started watching the weather forecast in early February and knew he had to be ready for production earlier this year.

At Chateau Scoudouc, the season officially began on Sunday and the plan is to start boiling as early as Tuesday.

“For now, sugar is not there like the water is coming out but there’s not a lot of sugar in it for now, but there’s a lot of sap there,” he said.

Haché and his wife Jocelyne Bourque first started maple syrup production …