Even as climate and committed farmers help AZ rank high for cotton, organic markets, seed production and tech innovation could be the crop's future.

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, or what local leaders wanted outsiders to see. Historians have ...

Cotton, one of Arizona's five C's, is an important crop for farmers in the state. But the industry of cotton farming has changed through the years.

Arizona producers of vegetables, cotton, dairy products, tree nuts, beef and forage could see reduced exports and lower prices as a result of tariffs.

Urban growth has paved over many cotton fields, pushing them out of Maricopa County to other parts of Arizona. In Arizona, cotton yields are five times higher than a century ago as farmers learn ...