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.

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 ...

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 ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. 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 ...

Climate has long been one of Arizona's 5 C's, along with citrus, cotton, copper and cattle. With climate change is it still?

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

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 ...

Inside a state prison building, witnesses watched Arizona execute Aaron Gunches without the troubles of the past.