Maple Farm Job in Wisconsin

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Taylor in Employment, Farming // 0 Comments

Elk Run Maple Farm Job – Part Time – in Viola, Wisconsin – 2020

1000 tap (100 acre) certified organic maple sap operation seeking person to assist with woods work repairing and adding additional tubing to more parts of the woods to increase sap production for next season. Great opportunity to learn how larger maple operations run and how to increase sap production in a large woods using the latest modern methods. Hourly rate $15/hr, part time work, must be able to commute to the farm.

There is a “sap house” barn with tools and storage but no living quarters. There is electric, well and septic at the sap house, and am starting t finish a 600 square foot addition that will be insulated and have a wood stove kitchen, bathroom, office and temporary sleeping quarters for the busy season. This farm has been collecting maple sap for over 80 years! We bought the land from the original farm family that settled in the 1850s when Wisconsin first opened to land sales. The original log cabin buildings still on top of hill from days of horse and wagon hauling of sap to a “sugar shack” building operation.

Methods change and now its vacuum pump system bringing sap through a network of tubing hung in the woods permanently, down to a central collection tank (stainless steel 2000 gallon) at the sap house location by the road. We not currently cooking sap, having that done nearby at Kickapoo Gold, he runs a large milk truck to collect daily during peak flow. We get syrup back in drums and then have bottled at the Maple Valley distribution center in nearby Cashton WI. They are a large maple cooperative with most members organic certified. Elk Run Maple Farm is certified through MOSA, and this is second year of our operations collecting sap and selling syrup. The woods are steep, candidate must be able to work steep woods, sometimes requires using fixed ropes to assist a climb up the hill.

To apply for a maple farm job at Elk Run, e-mail your resume to Weselley Slaymaker at wess@wesengineering.com.

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