Central Arizona farmer Noah Hiscox is among the last holdouts in Pinal County. So far, more than 20,000 acres of farmland ...

Solar panels are no longer just lining barn roofs and field edges, they are rising directly above rows of vegetables, orchards and vineyards, reshaping how food and power are produced on the same ...

Forget roaring lawnmowers and fuel-guzzling tractors. Today's solar companies are turning to flocks of sheep to trim grass and control weeds under solar panels. These eco-friendly grazers easily ...

Researchers are studying whether solar energy systems can operate alongside farming without removing land from agricultural production. Charles Gould, a bioenergy educator with Michigan State ...

Hundreds of sheep are hard at work this spring in central Minnesota — not on a farm, but beneath solar panels. At the Serco Solar Array in Clear Lake, more than 600 sheep are being used to manage ...

Horticulure professor and chair Ajay Nair plants bell peppers at the Alliant Energy Solar Farm at Iowa State University in June 2024. Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa – ...

Linda Hezel harvests basil in the shade of the solar array on Aug. 5 at her farm in Kearney. “When it’s super brutal out, I’m so grateful for the shade,” Hezel said, adding that it’s safer to work ...

The Midland Junction grain elevators north of North Lawrence are shown in this December 2024 file photo. The area near the Midland Junction area is proposed for a large, industrial solar farm project.

Hundreds of solar panels generate clean energy at the UL Solar Farm, but it's what's in between those panels that one researcher hopes will revolutionize Louisiana agriculture. Vegetable crops have ...

Temperatures remained into the 80s well in the fall this year in parts of the Midwest. Agrivoltaics offers a respite to extreme heat and land access for new farmers. Linda Hezel starts clipping the ...