A resilient, local agriculture industry is essential to food security in times of crisis. Let’s be sure our decisions are the right ones and that they don’t jeopardize that system. We may well regret it the next time we face adversity.
Read More »Bas Aja: Handing the herd to the next generation 
Lobbyist Bas Aja’s name is synonymous with the cattle industry in Arizona. And now, he’s a part of the next chapter in Arizona agriculture history.
Read More »Sine Kerr: In love with agriculture and defending the livelihood 
Arizona’s newest senator, Sine Kerr, follows in the footsteps of former Sen. Steve Pierce and the late Sen. Chester Crandell as a lawmaker who lives and breathes the agricultural lifestyle.
Read More »Farmworker visas more than doubled in state, nation in recent years
The number of H-2A visas issued to agricultural workers in the state has more than doubled in the past five years, mirroring a national increase in the temporary “guest worker program” for noncitizens.
Read More »In historic move, California expands overtime to farmworkers
Farmworkers in the nationai??i??s largest agricultural state will be entitled to the same overtime pay as most other hourly workers under a law signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown.
Read More »Apache County had worst ‘food insecurity’ in U.S.; state fared poorly
Food advocacy groups said Apache County children had the least reliable access to healthy food in the nation in 2014, when 41.5 percent of children in the county were deemed to be “food insecure.”
Read More »Agricultural companies funding anti-Gosar campaign 
A dispute between Paul Gosar and agricultural interests is at the root of a super PAC’s campaign to oust the three-term congressman in the Republican primary.
Read More »AZ, California agriculture interests funded anti-Gosar ads
When Right Way Superpac started spending against Gosar, the congressman and his team pointed the finger at the GOP establishment, the US Chamber of Commerce and the forces that fought to defeat Kansas Congressman Tim Huelskamp earlier this month.
Read More »Court: Identical cattle brands OK on different location
The Arizona Court of Appeals has weighed in on a topic that's older than the state itself: cattle brands.
Read More »Power Authority worries bill would threaten Hoover Dam allotment 
A strike-everything amendment targets a little-known state agency that allocates billions of dollars worth of energy from Hoover Dam.
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