Industry leaders agree cotton acreage will not expand in Arizona, but they see promise in contracts for seed, tech innovation ...

Like the other four — citrus, cattle, copper and climate — cotton's fortunes have evolved. Cotton fields have been paved over across metro Phoenix, displacing most production to water-stressed Pinal ...

But never again was there so much cotton blooming in the state, and with slight ups and downs, the number of acres planted has fallen steadily. Today, Arizona growers plant as many acres of cotton ...

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 ...