Rural Issue

Solar farms competing for rural land

Grain farmer Dean Campbell of Coulterville in southwestern Illinois tells Brownfield instead of competing with neighboring crop and livestock farmers to rent ground, he is fighting a losing battle with emerging solar farms. Rural Illinois isn’t the only area with renewable energy plants popping up- meaning more land for agricultural use may be lost.

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