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Shepherding the Sun: Grazing Sheep Under Solar Arrays
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Sunlight is a precious resource in Central New York and a new collaboration between farmers and Cornell is looking at ways to harness it using technology that truly puts the soft in software: sheep. Thousands of acres in New York are being turned into solar farms and many fear that this will displace agricultural land.…
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Considerations when Leasing Agricultural Lands to Solar Developers
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Solar leasing can be a sudden and substantial windfall for landowners, but farmers need to approach such deals with caution. In July of 2019, Governor Cuomo signed The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which sets a goal for New York State to reduce net carbon emissions to zero by 2050. This legislation and related federal…
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