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Large-Scale Ohio Research Project to Explore How Solar and Farming Can Co-Exist

Daily Yonder

As farmers seek to lease land for solar arrays to diversify their incomes, the practice could help them maximize their income and fend off opposition from critics concerned that solar development will take prime farmland out of production. The goal is to harvest the forage crops as efficiently as possible.

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The Farmers Leaning On Each Other’s Tools

Civil Eats

In 2019, the trio decided to work together to lift this equipment burden, pooling funds to buy their first combine. Prior to that, they had all either harvested by hand, an intensely laborious process, or hired someone with a combine. There have been some recent efforts to support more robust farm equipment-sharing in the U.S.

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