PHOENIX — Adam Hatley and his family have been growing cotton for decades. “My dad starting farming out here in 1976, and I joined him in 1986,” he said. Hatley now owns Associated Farms. He grows ...

GOODYEAR — On a Christmas Eve some 75 years ago, five siblings in the Rayner family walked into the living room of a small house north of Estrella Mountain and found it stacked with presents like they ...

"It makes you nervous when your commodity is front and center," said Kevin Rogers, a cotton farmer. Rogers is talking about cotton, a $12 billion industry in Arizona. "Agriculture tends to be one of ...

PHOENIX - For Arizona cotton growers, the annual harvest is more than just a reminder of the state's agricultural tradition - it's all about business, the global economy and adapting to a changing ...

BUCKEYE, AZ — Arizona’s cotton farmers are facing one of their toughest harvests in decades, with falling prices and international tariffs squeezing growers across the state. Now, the federal ...

YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — It’s harvest season for cotton farmers in Arizona. Cotton is a key ingredient in many everyday items, including clothing, baby products, and coffee filters. The seed separated ...

PHOENIX - Cotton became a cash crop for Arizona, and today, our state remains a leading cotton state. However, this year, the state's farmers are growing less of it. Ron Rayner and his family have ...

Some Arizona farmers are facing tough times as the Trump administration’s trade war with China continues with no end in sight. Farmers across the nation are coping with the loss of sales to Chinese ...

The two cotton-growing centers could hardly differ more. But small farms in India and industrial fields in Arizona both provide case studies that show the bright side of a widespread genetically ...