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 ...

Arizona cotton farmers took a major financial hit in 2025, though some farmers hope things will turn around with government ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...