Solar Project on Farmland and H5N1 in Dairy Cattle Beatable
From the Ag Information Network, this is your Agribusiness Update.
**More than 70% of large-scale, commercial solar development in rural areas occurred on agricultural land, either cropland or pastureland.
Of the 3,177 solar projects installed between 2012 and 2020, most were on cropland at 43%, while 28% were on pastureland.
The Midwest had the highest share on cropland at 70%, followed by the Atlantic at 43% and the South at 37%.
In the West and Plains, most installations occurred on pastures at 60 to 65%.
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**Federal officials say H5N1 outbreaks in dairy cattle can be eliminated.
USDA’s acting senior adviser for H5N1 response, Eric Deeble says all signs that we have are, with good biosecurity, with good farmer participation, we will be able to eliminate this.
Deeble says the confidence comes from investigations that show it’s the transportation of the cattle and shared use of equipment that is spreading the virus.
**The USDA announced additional steps to safeguard western communities in the face of increasingly dangerous wildfires, using satellite technology.
An agreement between USDA’s Forest Service, the Interior Department, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration allows the use of NOAA’s Geostationary and Operation Environmental Satellite.
This new agreement will use advanced remote sensing capabilities to improve the speed and accuracy of wildfire detection.
