ATTRA

JULY 18, 2023

However, he didn’t want to see acres of wild blueberries destroyed in the process of constructing a solar array. Bluewave funded research by Dr. Calderwood to study the effects of solar construction on the established blueberry plants. To do this, the construction area was divided into three sections. megawatts of DC power.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 31, 2023

Most eastern farmers’ fields were obliterated ; the storm came right before peak harvest season for tobacco, corn and cotton. Crop insurance didn’t cover all the damages incurred, especially not the long-term costs. We’ve talked to some farmers that have constructed dikes to try to keep the water out,” he says.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 4, 2023

She supports exploring agrivoltaics on farms of all sizes in her region, but emphasized that pilots are needed so farmers can plan for altered crop yields under shade and obvious on-the-ground challenges, including that the panels can affect tractor access and irrigation systems and need regular maintenance.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Sweetland tends, harvests and sells the blueberries, and shares profits with the landowner. Across the country, farmers regularly lease their land for utility-scale or community solar installations, but typically crops are not grown on that same land. But they all recovered quite well.”

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

These storms can interrupt entire seasons of growing, causing significant crop loss and even preventing farmers from planting their next season’s harvest. Weatherproof Your Building The exterior of Fusion Farms in Mayagüez, PR. Credit: Fusion Farms.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 18, 2024

I had driven for an hour through a landscape blasted by extreme heat and drought before I saw a single combine at harvest. The monotonous succession of stricken row crops flashed by. It had been a brutal harvest for Ohios farmers. They worried about damage to their farms, to drainage tiles and crop yields.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Despite the risk of nuclear waste, the Biden administration has also championed nuclear power as a carbon-free solution and sought to incentivize the construction of new reactors through subsidies and loans. Severe droughts are one of the factors that have destabilized the global crop market in recent years, translating to higher U.S.

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