Quebec Maple Syrup Producers is the OPEC of maple syrple.
**With support from the Quebec government, the federation has only grown in power. Quebec syrup farmers are punished for operating “outside” the cartel’s system, which is what happened to one farmer, Robert Hodge, whose entire annual supply of 20,400 pounds of maple syrup was seized because he was over the annual quota. The supply was worth approximately $46,000.
The federation says that despite the occasional misbehaving farmer, “three-quarters of our members are happy or very happy with what we are doing.” Currently, a barrel of Quebec syrup is worth more than a barrel of crude oil.**
That explains why maple sugar candy is now adulterated with regular sugar, which is criminal IMHO. Cutting it to keep or increase the margins.