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This is exactly how solar development in farmland should happen. Listen to the quotes from the farmers: "it's good for the soil to give it a rest" "I'll be able to retire someday and the land will be in a profitable state so I can pass it on to my children" www.ketv.com/article/mill...

ketv.com3,200-acre Mills County, Iowa solar farm project clears major hurdleA proposed solar farm cleared a major hurdle in Mills County this week. Come 2028, it could be one of the largest solar farms in Iowa.

18/9/26, 5:15 pm2 reposts8 likes

Summer Zeev

@summerzeev.bsky.social

18 Sept

The amount of pushback I see on Facebook against agrivoltaics really has me thinking there's a large, focused astroturf operation ongoing. They all hit the same talking points.

Hawkeye Pete

@petethehawkeye.bsky.social

18 Sept

There is no need to stop farming or grazing on land with solar panels. It's called #Agrivoltaics and it is working quite well all over the world.

Ben Paulos

@paulosanalysis.com

18 Sept

Yes, and there are many versions of agrivoltaics for produce and livestock, though row crops are harder. This particular project is in the Missouri River Valley which frequently floods, and has a lot of sand. So it's not great soil. The farmer was pretty excited about $1200 per acre.

Just Kevin

@kevinleecaster.bsky.social

19 Sept

The vast majority of the anti-solar activists who oppose deploying PV Power Plants (PVPP) on farmland are not aware of the fact that much farmland is not very productive or of the fact that much farmland would benefit tremendously by laying fallow for thirty years. We need to deploy PVPPs on farms!

Hawkeye Pete

@petethehawkeye.bsky.social

19 Sept

That's fair, sandy bottom land is not super great for row crops. If it gets all weedy the farmer can still send in sheep or goats to graze.

Ben Paulos

@paulosanalysis.com

19 Sept

Yes. I learned that most lamb meat is imported, so maybe agrivoltaics will increase domestic lamb production.