The silver maple tree (Acer saccharinum) is one of the most common trees in North America. It generally grows 50 to 80 feet tall, though a 10-year-old sapling will stand approximately 25 feet tall.

DEERBROOK (AP) — Jeremy Solin doesn't need a jacket right now on his family farm in northern Wisconsin. There's no snow blanketing the dead leaves in the grove of sugar maples. There, pails already ...

All Wisconsin crops are impacted by the weather, and that includes maple syrup. Maple sap collection involves drilling into mature trees, with modern methods like vacuum systems and pipeline networks ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Whirligigs? Helicopter seeds? Or perhaps the scientific name – samaras -- for the silver maple seeds flying in yards this spring. Whatever you call them, some WCCO-TV viewers have ...

As a result of the unseasonably warm temperatures, Wisconsin maple syrup producers are rushing out to tap trees as much as two months early. Here's what that means for production this year and what ...