🌱 Why sheep share the land at Sherco’s solar farm
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- Why sheep share the land at Sherco’s solar farm
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• Minnesota projects see promising early results from blending solar, agricultural production (minnpost.com) — At Sherco near Becker, about 2,200 sheep and lambs graze beneath and around solar panels, keeping prairie grasses trimmed while the land produces electricity. The operation is Minnesota’s highest-profile example of combining farming with solar, an approach also showing promising early results for vegetable growers near Big Lake. 
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