Across Texas, solar panels are appearing on land that has long been associated with farming and ranching, creating an unexpected overlap between energy production and agriculture. Instead of treating solar development as the end of a property's agricultural use, some projects are finding ways to keep livestock and other activities on the same ground. Sheep grazing beneath panels has become one of the clearest examples. The approach is gaining attention as farmland becomes more expensive and the number of older agricultural producers rises.
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