Here are 5 ways the war on terror impacts you. 1. Phone Data. The first major Guardian story by Glenn Greenwald resulting from Snowdenâs leaks was on a secret court order requiring Verizon to give the NSA information on all phone calls made on its system.
Three of Arizonaâs âFive Csâ (citrus, cotton, and cattle) arise from agriculture. Nationally, Arizona ranks second in the production of lemons, third in tangerine production. Cotton was briefly our stateâs largest resource, and is the reason the City of Goodyear exists. The cattle industry continues to boom. In fact, dairy is Arizonaâs leading agricultural product! In addition, the stateâs ranchers produce enough beef annually to feed over 4.6 million Americans. Yet we produce so much more!
Cotton production is an important economic factor in the United States as the country leads, worldwide, in cotton exportation. The United States is ranked third in production, behind China and India. Almost all of the cotton fiber growth and production occurs in southern and western states, dominated by Texas, California, Arizona, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana. More than 99 percent of the cotton grown in the US is of the Upland variety, with the rest being American Pima. Cotton production is a $25 billion-per-year industry in the United States, employing over 200,000 people in total, as against growth of forty billion pounds a year from 77 million acres of land covering more than eighty countries.