Regulation is important, but it alone won't solve rural Arizona's groundwater problems. Most of the state's rapidly depleting basins are heavily agricultural, complicating efforts to save water ...
Opinion: An Arizona bill would make it easier to build homes on farmland, saving water and providing the housing stock we so desperately need.
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.
Citrus was more an aspirational 'C', and while growth has pushed out most groves, speciality farms are adding juice to the industry.
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.
It does Arizona no favors when our elected leaders 'do something' unilaterally on groundwater. Because we all know that action won't last.