FAIRFIELD COUNTY – The Eastern Cottontail Solar Project will implement sheep grazing to assist with vegetation management at its project site in Fairfield County. Implementing sheep grazing has been ...

Forget roaring lawnmowers and fuel-guzzling tractors. Today's solar companies are turning to flocks of sheep to trim grass and control weeds under solar panels. These eco-friendly grazers easily ...

There’s an old adage that nothing is more boring than watching grass grow, but watching it cut by efficient animals can be a nostalgic trip to the past - and a glimpse of a cleaner, greener future.

Across farm country, a quiet experiment is reshaping how fields earn their keep. By pairing flocks of sheep with rows of ...

What if the key to tougher wool, cluckier sheep, and reduced farm expenses lay in the shade beneath solar panels? That’s the surprising spin environmentally friendly farmers and agritech experts are ...

Solar grazing enables dual land use, combining clean energy and livestock farming. Sheep rotational grazing on solar farms improves soil health and pasture quality. Agrivoltaic contracts offer ...

Joshua M. Pearce has received funding for research from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Mitacs, the U.S. Department of Energy ...

A Texas solar farm is using more than 2,000 sheep to maintain the land, alongside traditional mowers. This practice, known as solar grazing, helps lower emissions and costs while allowing farmland to ...

What makes a good spot for livestock and a good spot for solar farms often overlaps. They’re both large, quite flat, and get a good amount of sun, being free from tall vegetation. As such, solar ...