USDA limits funding for solar, wind on farmland

USDA reverses use of taxpayer dollars to fund solar panels on farmland

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will no longer subsidize large-scale solar projects placed on farmland or use solar panels manufactured by foreign adversaries in any agency projects, according to a news release Tuesday.

USDA limits funding for solar, wind on farmland

(The Hill) - The Agriculture Department is curtailing its support for solar and wind energy on farmlands. In a Monday post on the social media platform X, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the department “will no longer deploy programs to fund solar or wind projects on productive farmland, ending massive taxpayer handouts.” The department, on Tuesday, said that wind and solar projects would no longer be eligible for USDA business and ind…

USDA will heighten scrutiny for solar and wind projects on farms, but some may continue

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday it will heighten scrutiny of some solar and wind projects but stopped short of ending all agency support for clean energy projects on U.S. farms, according to a press release.

Agriculture Secretary Rollins ends use of taxpayer dollars to build solar panels on US farmland

The department claimed on Tuesday that Tennessee alone has lost over 1.2 million acres of farmland in the past 30 years so the Green New Deal could build subsidized solar panels and the state is expected to lose a total of 2 million acres by 2027.

USDA Ends Funding for Solar, Wind Projects on Farmland

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has stopped all of its programs that fund solar or wind power projects on productive farmland, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said in an Aug. 18 X post. “Millions of acres of prime farmland is left unusable so Green New Deal subsidized solar panels can be built. This destruction of our farms and prime soil is taking away the futures of the next generation of farmers and the future of our country,” …

Trump Administration Bans Solar on Farmland

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has banned the use of farmland for the construction of solar installations, effective immediately. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the decision on X, saying, “Millions of acres of prime farmland is left unusable so Green New Deal subsidized solar panels can be built. This destruction of our farms and prime soil is taking away the futures of the next generation of farmers and the future of our cou…