> A friend of mine in the apple business says you get 4 bad years in a row and then one great year to cover the 4 bad ones and make an overall profit. The weath

> A friend of mine in the apple business says you get 4 bad years in a row and then one great year to cover the 4 bad ones and make an overall profit. The weather is the main variable that can't be controlled. From my memory the years where crops were unusually high were also ones where price was shit... because everyone else nearby also had a good crop