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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A popular weed killer used on genetically modified cotton and soybeans could be off limits for 2024, a move that could raise already high costs for growers in Arizona. A federal court in Arizona ruled ...

According to cotton historian Stephen Yafa, “cotton was domesticated simultaneously in India and Peru some 5,500 years ago.” Cotton, and cloth made from it, gradually moved west to Europe and north to ...

As farmers see hay and alfalfa prices tanking, cotton production in Arizona is expected to rise by 4 percent this year, industry experts say. “And I expect to see the same things next year because ...

There was a blurb in the paper recently that said it takes 700 gallons of water to make one cotton T-shirt. Is that true and if so why? Cotton is pretty wonderful stuff, and we grow a lot of it around ...

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 ...