It's a race to the bottom for stupidity. Congressman Tom Tiffany (R) – of Wisconsin has introduced legislation to ban wind and solar development projects from any Agricultural lands. Farming is tough enough. I once ran a cattle ranch in Arizona. While I did not benefit directly, I know of other ranches in the area and across the country that benefit hugely from leasing land for a few wind turbines. One wind turbine lease will generate $3-7K a year in revenue while taking up a very small footprint. Solar takes up more but strategically placed in areas difficult to farm generates even more revenue for the farm. https://tiffany.house.gov/media/editorials-letters-and-articles/republicans-seek-end-taxpayer-funding-green-energy
Source: AKruser
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> introduced legislation to ban wind and solar development projects from any Agricultural lands
That is not what the linked article says.
It does say:
> The bill, titled the Future Agriculture Retention and Management (FARM) Act, would not prevent developers from building wind turbines or solar panels, but rather end the use of federal funds to encourage such projects.
There are studies that show the integration of smaller height crops doing better under the cover of solar panels. The panels give some shade, and slow evaporation. Maybe we can show these studies to the suck-up congressman from Wisconsin.
America’s most farming-dependent counties overwhelmingly backed President-elect Donald Trump in this year’s election by an average of 77.7%. I have zero sympathy for them. The voted for this felon and now expect taxpayers to bail them out like we had to after his first term tariffs lost them billions in sales.