PHIL LATZMAN: Amid megadrought, extreme heat and facing even more cutbacks to water supply, modern farming and agriculture have had to make major adjustments. Many farms are changing to more water-efficient crops. And some are going out of business altogether.
Around the Valley, fields of what were once fruit and cotton have been sold off, replaced by rows of new homes as housing demands grow. But not at Schnepf Farms in Queen Creek.
A family business for 85 years and famous for its peaches, Schnepf is doing everything it can to stay viable and profitable in the face of an uncertain climate…