Arizona’s citrus industry boomed for years, earning a place alongside cattle, cotton, copper and climate as the state’s Five C’s, the foundational economic drivers. The Five C's ...

Citrus was more an aspirational 'C', and while growth has pushed out most groves, speciality farms are adding juice to the industry.

They showed up on the official seal before statehood, but not even Arizona's state historian can pinpoint the beginnings of the Five C's.

Residential citrus trees not only keep juice on the table, they help food banks supply fruit to people who need help.

YUMA — When Mark Kuechel was a boy, he nearly got lost in the maze of unnamed dirt roads and citrus groves in eastern Yuma County running his dad's tractor. He couldn’t see the horizon over ...

Copper, climate, cattle cotton and citrus, otherwise known as the 5 C's, are represented on Arizona's state seal. In Arizona's early days, the 5 C's were emblematic of what drove the economy ...