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Fight Grows Over Converting Farmland to Solar Fields

By Marc Heller

A fight to stop the conversion of farmland to solar energy production is bumping into efforts to make farming and energy production work together.

The emerging practice of “agrovoltaics,” or using land both for solar energy and food production, could be a casualty of a conflict that’s playing out among policymakers, industry groups and lawmakers as the 2024 farm bill takes shape.

The pressure is almost certain to grow.

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Nebraska Ranch Honored with National Environmental Stewardship Award

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We hear from Logan Pribbeno, the 2025 National Winner of the Environmental Stewardship Award. located in western Nebraska near the Colorado border, Wine Glass Ranch thrives despite the arid climate and fragile sandy soil.