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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 ...

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

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. Cheryl Evans ...

Rayner witnessed the boom of cotton farming in Arizona at an early age. It was a time when 42% of the total cropland in the state was cotton most of the year, and miles of it bloomed from Yuma to ...

Arizona producers of vegetables, cotton, dairy products, tree nuts, beef and forage could see reduced exports and lower ...