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It takes, on average, 2 gallons of fuel to condense 1 gallon of syrup.
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.
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.
That was definitely a crazy game. I think it was just about last year, we didn't want to feel that way again.