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Ben Paulos
@paulosanalysis.com

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.
Ben Paulos
@paulosanalysis.com

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.

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Just Kevin
@kevinleecaster.bsky.social

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!