France, Poitiers region, 2024-05-28. Illustrative image of agrivoltaics in a bocage landscape between Poitiers and Parthenay. Photograph by Jean-Francois Fort / Hans Lucas.

How farmers can use solar power without damaging the rest of their operation

Agrivoltaics can mitigate a main criticism of solar power - that it wastes farmland

One approach to decarbonizing the agricultural sector is agrivoltaics. It involves integrating solar panels; or photovoltaics (PVs); into fields of crops, greenhouses and livestock areas, which can help farmers reduce their carbon footprint while continuing to produce food.


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Speedy US corn and soy harvests strain farmers, storage capacity

Many Midwestern farmers still have grain left in storage from 2023 due to low prices

U.S. farmers are harvesting two of the largest corn and soybean crops in history at the fastest pace in years, straining their physical capabilities and their grain storage capacity. The massive influx of crops is testing growers who are already grappling with grain prices near four-year lows, stiff competition for global export sales and farm incomes that are down 23 per cent from a record high just two years ago.