That was definitely a crazy game. I think it was just about last year, we didn't want to feel that way again.

If you start processing now and we have a cold spell in between and it starts freezing up, it's just a lot of work to keep everything liquid. Once you start processing, you like to be able to do it day after day and not have those long spells in between.

It takes, on average, 2 gallons of fuel to condense 1 gallon of syrup.

The [Internal Revenue Service] says we are manufacturing, while the U.S. Department of Agriculture says we are agriculture. They are definitely not in agreement.

The weather then will determine the success of the season. Most years there's a warm spell at some point. This year has been warmer than usual.

You can't live like a monk if you have two five-year-old twins. That ain't happening. Just the opposite, actually.