Lucas Dufalla, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Author at Investigate Midwest

As solar expands in the Delta, can agrivoltaic projects grow with the boom?

by Phillip Powell, Arkansas Times and Lucas Dufalla, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette November 5, 2024November 5, 2024 Why you can trust Investigate Midwest

SEARCY, Ark. — On hundreds of acres of former farmland outside the small town of Searcy, Arkansas, the Raines family operates a type of farm that most Delta residents aren’t used to. Herds of sheep, wrangled by Turkish sheepdogs, and rows of wide solar panels take up the same land that used to be covered […]

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