Photo courtesy: University of Illinois-A vehicle the size of a Golden Retriever, designed and constructed at the University of Illinois, rolls on miniature tank treads between two rows of young plants ...

YUMA — As night falls over the 121-square-mile stretch of land at the corner of California, Arizona and Mexico — land almost twice the size of Washington, D.C. — crop planes and helicopters boot up.

YUMA — As Arizona copes with a 15-year drought, farmers in Yuma are learning to do more with less and leading the way in water conservation in the process. “We’re very good stewards of what we have ...

Yuma County, Arizona, is known as the "Winter Salad Bowl Capital." From lettuce to cilantro to broccoli, the region produces almost all the leafy green vegetables consumed in the U.S. during winter ...

YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — Yuma is widely recognized as the nation’s Winter Salad Bowl, but after the leafy greens season wraps up, farmers turn to rotational crops, with durum wheat being one of the most ...

YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — It’s harvest season for cotton farmers in Arizona. Cotton is a key ingredient in many everyday items, including clothing, baby products, and coffee filters. The seed separated ...

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 ...

Global temperatures may have set a new record in July, according to some early analyses. As the high U.S. temperatures stole headlines this week, the Biden administration rolled out provisions to ...

PHOENIX — The Arizona Board of Regents has awarded $3 million in grants to create the Arizona Hub for Agriculture Innovation Research. The tri-university initiative will focus on precision agriculture ...