Solar Panel Grazing Gaining in Popularity

Lorrie Boyer
Reporter
“It's a surprising number of sheep that are being employed to control the vegetation on these fields. So we have we heard from members that it expanded their sheep operations to incorporate grazing for pay, for hire a large part of the year for or most of the year. And we have people that are, you know, not necessarily livestock or sheep producers, that are getting into the business expressly for that revenue opportunity to graze these these solar fields. So that was a true highlight, with utility solar companies joining us, along with grazers producers, a lot of good Q and A as people try to negotiate if that's something that they want to do.”
Once again, that was American Sheep Industry Association Executive Director Peter Orwick, who says that more updates will come as new information is released.