After a poor harvest, Quebec's maple syrup cartel has a plan for your pancakes

The OPEC of maple syrup has a plan to cover this year’s shortfall of the sticky breakfast staple.
Output of maple syrup in Quebec, the largest global producer, is poised to fall as much as 27 per cent to 49,900 metric tons, according to the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers — a government-sanctioned sales agency that sets bulk prices for about 72 per cent of the world’s syrup and limits farmer output through quotas. Production was hurt after below-average daytime tempe