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.
Industry leaders agree cotton acreage will not expand in Arizona, but they see promise in contracts for seed, tech innovation and organic markets.
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, or what local leaders wanted outsiders to see. Historians have ...