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So how did we grow these decades ago when when we didn't have this fancy irrigation systems?

• anon84873628 2y ago
  "We" only grew varieties that were less finicky, or only grew them in climates to which they were adapted. We also had less consolidation so failures were less systemic.
• mplewis 2y ago
  For one, the honeycrisp is only three decades old.
  • foobarchu 2y ago
    50 years old technically, 1991 just seems to be when it was released to the public.
• travisgriggs 2y ago
  We (the industry) paid (barely) an army of immigrant labor to run around turn valves on/off on 4 wheelers. The (automated) irrigation systems are (primarily) to reduce labor costs. There are some plusses to precision watering as well. But the industry is about labor cost reduction.