Minnesota farmers grazed sheep under solar panels; flock covered 6,500 acres

PC: North American Agrivoltaics Awards In 2017, Arlo Hark and Josie Trople founded Cannon Valley Graziers in Northfield, Minnesota, as a dedicated solar grazing operation. According to the North American Agrivoltaics Awards, the business has now grazed more than 6,500 acres of solar farms for developers, operators and owners. Its flock rotates across dozens of sites each season in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa, with further sites in the western and central United States. The company offers Solar Grazing, Vegetation Management and Forestry Restoration, and has two sister ventures, Tethera and Bayl. The pair have been named the 2026 Solar Ranchers of the Year.How Minnesota farmers started solar grazingArlo and Josie founded Cannon Valley Graziers in Northfield, Minnesota, in 2017. It describes the business as a dedicated solar grazing operation that has now grazed more than 6,500 acres of solar farms for developers, operators and owners.The business started in the upper Midwest. Cannon Valley Graziers now rotates its flock across dozens of sites each season in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa, and also grazes solar farms further afield in the western and central United States.How grazin...