YUMA — When Mark Kuechel was a boy, he nearly got lost in the maze of unnamed dirt roads and citrus groves in eastern Yuma County running his dad's tractor. He couldn’t see the horizon over 28,000 ...

PHOENIX (AP) — Between 1966 and 1972, Art Freeman planted more than 20,000 trees, transforming 240 acres of rocky desert along the Salt River in east Mesa into a lush citrus orchard. At the time, he ...

Those oranges, lemons and grapefruits that you buy at the grocery store or grow in your backyard originated thousands of years ago in Asia, in an area bordered by India, Myanmar (Burma) and China.

As the new year begins, Brazoria County gardeners have a prime opportunity to plan and plant fruit and citrus trees that can ...

He said his family was the first and last to plant citrus in Orange. By 1974, his father owned the only farm left in the city. Now he fears Yuma, where they got a fresh start, is “gonna go just like ...

Citrus groves once spread across metro Phoenix, producing grapefruit, lemons, oranges and tangerines. Growth pushed the largest citrus groves out of Phoenix, leaving only niche operations that often ...

Citrus remains an iconic stamp of Arizona's history and a symbol of agricultural heritage dating back to when the industry was inscribed as one of the foundational Five C's that built the economy of a ...