Peter Welch: “Our maple sugar producers, they get their equipment largely…”

“25% increase. And our farmers are on the margin. They are operating on such a thin margin that a 25% increase raises the existential question of whether they stay in business. Our maple sugar producers, they get their equipment largely from Canada. 25% increase in the expense of buying an evaporator. Vermont consumers and businesses. We in Vermont, along the northern border, I see my colleague from New Hampshire, same for you.” (06:03–06:14)

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