Cotton, Marana
Farmhands wrap a bale of cotton in a tarp while harvesting at the Pacheco Farm in Marana in October 2020. Roughly 1,150 acres of cotton were harvested in Pacheco's fields that year. Alfalfa and cotton, both big water users, are grown on more acreage than any other Arizona crop.
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