Pittman Maple Farms

07/16/2022

With so many young maple trees growing under the mature timber, it’s time to cut out the bigger trees and invasive trees/ironwood shading them out. The future looks bright for maple production in this woods.

05/15/2022

Leader loaned filmmaker and sugarmaker Jay Stearns, of Stearns Family Maple, a Mini MicRO prototype to test drive at his sugarhouse this season. Jay puts it ...

04/28/2022

We were excited this week to open our house up to our maple producers, dealers, and partners after a long epidemic hiatus. It was so great to see everyone fa...

04/13/2022

The future looks bright. Excited to see what this merger will look like after a few years and the trajectory of the company!

A note from Leader President, Jeff Smith:

Leader is a great company.

The obstacles and challenges we have faced over the last few years have fueled the blaze of our ambition – to be not only the world’s finest maple equipment manufacturer, but also its leading maple supply company.

We already boast the industry’s finest product line, engineers, service team, and dealers. Yet over the past two years I have come to realize the opportunities and challenges we face demand resources to match our ambition.

I am therefore excited to announce Leader has entered an exclusive process with H2O Innovation to define the terms of a transaction which would aim to merge our respective Maple related activities into a Maple Farming Powerhouse.

The synergy of our product lines, experience, and capabilities could not be more ideal. I am confident that within just a few years, a newly invigorated Leader will be the world’s largest, most innovative maple equipment manufacturer.

What won’t change, however, is our roots, our history, and our commitment to quality. Leader equipment will continue to be made in America, by American workers. And the fine team that helps you Get Maple Done will be the same, only stronger.

Thank you for standing by us and we look forward to great times ahead for the Leader community. H2O Innovation.net

03/30/2022

Great video from Leader Evaporator on the Nimtz family. It’s been fun working with Dave Nimtz & Cindy Nimtz and their family throughout their growth and expansion. Proud to have them as our customers and friends!

The Nimtz family is big. And they all help out on Dave and Cindy's farm, in Birchwood, Wisconsin. All told, they have about 1600 taps and boil on a big Leade...

03/27/2022

Nice day to be inside a warm building. It’s a full time job just capping off barrels of syrup with the new evaporator dialed in.

03/21/2022

Can’t say enough good things about the SapSpy monitoring system. This thing has helped at least a few times detect vacuum loss at the pump and full tanks.

03/19/2022

First boil of the 2022 season yesterday. Off to a great start.

03/11/2022

We had a great time this evening helping set up a new RO for Will Wanish and his family. Great to see a young man with so much ambition. Thanks Joel Oelke for teaming up with us on the install and thank you Wanish Sugar Bush. Hope you get a lot of sap so you can let that thing eat!

It’s a great evening to get another RO!

Thanks to Leader Evaporator Company, Pittman Maple Farms and Joel for always helping us with our maple needs! 🍁

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03/08/2022

Preventing spout breakage while tapping trees “part 3”

03/08/2022

Preventing spout breakage while tapping trees “part 2”

03/08/2022

Preventing spout breakage while tapping trees “part 1”