In our cover story this month, we interview John Boelts, an active Yuma-area farmer who is also the state president of the Arizona Farm Bureau. In our conversation, Mr. Boelts highlights the bureau’s work and advocacy, discusses trends and challenges farmers face, and looks toward the future…

In this month’s cover story, we interview Glen Vortherms, the general manager of the Maricopa Water District, which has been supplying water in Arizona’s West Valley since 1925. In that time, the area has undergone heavy urbanization, and today, irrigated agriculture persists mostly in designated…

The Verde Ditch Company has been serving farms and residential properties since the mid-1860s. In our conversation with two of its commissioners, Linda Buchanan and Al Dupuy, we learn about its history, its infrastructure, and the modernization work and public outreach…

In our cover story this month, we speak with a man who seems to know everything about Arizona water: Richard Morrison. Mr. Morrison’s family has long experience in Arizona agriculture and in leadership in industry associations and education, and he has followed in the same footsteps…

This month’s cover story features Ron Rayner, the scion of an Arizona farming family that has been active in the state since 1913 and an influential figure in advancing irrigation technology and influencing policy in the state and nationwide. Mr. Rayner served on the boards of both the Central…