From trespassing to state land leases and immigration reform, members of the Arizona Farm Bureau outlined positions on these issues as part of the organization’s annual convention.

Immigration reform, the 2007 Farm Bill and animal identification were among the topics discussed Thursday by farmers and ranchers from across the state at the annual convention of the Arizona Farm Bureau.

Arizona food prices have risen 12 percent in the past year, according to the latest Arizona Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.

The cost of a Thanksgiving dinner has risen about 9 percent this year compared to last year, according to the Arizona Farm Bureau.

The cost of a Thanksgiving dinner has risen about 9 percent this year compared to last year, according to the Arizona Farm Bureau.

As food banks in the East Valley experience shortages, businesses and organizations in the community are stepping up to help fill the shelves. In Gilbert, some much-needed help is coming from Farm Bureau Financial Services Cactus Agency.

There's no one item to blame it on. But Arizonans are paying slightly more to put dinner on the table now than they were three months earlier - and a lot more than the same time last year.

Deflation has finally come to the Arizona shopping cart. New figures from the Arizona Farm Bureau Federation find that, on average, the cost of food from grocery stores in the state is about 20 percent less than it was a year ago.

Food prices in Arizona are going up.

The economic impact of the state’s agriculture industry has nearly tripled in the past 20 years, but the state’s overall economy has grown even faster.

Allen Freeman stands in his citrus grove, thankful for a sunny respite from the recent rains. Even though the skies have briefly cleared, the weather has taken a toll on his family’s orchards, 110 acres of citrus spread across the East Valley.

The name of the Gilbert Farmers Market finally fits.

Gov. Janet Napolitano lashed out Wednesday at four farm groups who sued her and lawmakers after they balanced the state budget by taking money that members had taxed themselves for special projects.

Newell Barney may not be well known outside Queen Creek, but the 85-year-old farmer looms large in the tiny town at the southeastern fringe of the Valley.

Don't be surprised if you start thinking about gas while you're buying food.

A Central Arizona Project official said drought can be a good thing as it pushes groups to develop plans to manage an increasingly short supply of water.

Arizona consumers are benefitting from having a lot of grocery stores competing for their business.

Arizona business interests suffered two key losses in Tuesday’s balloting as voters increased the minimum wage and mandated improved treatment of farm animals - a measure that has important implications for agribusiness.

PHOENIX -- The state’s jobless rate jumped another half point last month.

It’s going to cost you a fair amount more to feed the whole brood this Thanksgiving than it did last year — especially if you insist on serving the traditional turkey.

Food prices in Arizona dropped a bit in the last quarter.

More than 192,000 acres of land in Arizona is being dedicated to utility-scale renewable energy projects.

STURGIS, MICH. - Lifelong farmer Dave Sturgis made an unsettling discovery last spring while going out to water one of his fields. Copper thieves had risked electrocution to strip hundreds of feet of electrical wiring from his irrigation system.