Kevin Richardson
Winter 2025 Newsletter Welcome to the Winter Edition of the ASGA Quarterly Newsletter! We’re glad you’re here. This is the place where you can learn the latest happenings in the world of solar grazing and agrivoltaics. Grab a cup of coffee and read on to learn what ASGA and our partners are doing to help advance agriculture on solar fields. Photo of the Month As snow returns to Northeast solar sites, solar grazing persists. These sheep make use of the stockpiled forage still accessible…
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Fall 2025 Newsletter Welcome to the Fall Edition of the ASGA Quarterly Newsletter! We’re glad you’re here. This is the place where you can learn the latest happenings in the world of solar grazing and agrivoltaics. Grab a cup of coffee and read on to learn what ASGA and our partners are doing to help advance agriculture on solar fields. Photo of the Month Sheep returned to RE+ to get the entire solar industry excited about solar grazing! Thank you to Cannon Valley Graziers for providing the…
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We were thrilled to host another “What to Expect When You’re Expecting Sheep” workshop for solar companies at Leeward Renewable Energy’s Morrow Lake Solar in South Texas. The training session…
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Now streaming on YouTube, this powerful documentary shows how pairing ranching with solar is bringing land, livelihoods, and local food production back to life A new documentary from the American…
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ASGA brought back our live solar grazing demonstration to RE+ with ewes provided by Arlo Hark (Cannon Valley Graziers) and a solar tracker from Array. With nearly 40,000 attendees, this…
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ASGA is excited to announce the recent publication of our peer-reviewed article, “Sheep grazing as sustainable vegetation management for solar energy production in the northeastern USA”! This work summarizes a…
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Summer 2025 Newsletter Welcome to the Summer Edition of the ASGA Quarterly Newsletter! We’re glad you’re here. This is the place where you can learn the latest happenings in the world of solar grazing and agrivoltaics. Grab a cup of coffee and read on to learn what ASGA and our partners are doing to help advance agriculture on solar fields. Photo of the Month Texas Solar Sheep’s flock living their best lives on Enel North America’s Stampede Solar, a large solar site in East Texas Texas Solar…
Read MoreWe’re excited to premiere an exciting new short film about the BIG opportunities for solar grazing in Texas and the solar shepherds who are leading the way there! “Texas Solar…
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Hello Reader, How many sheep and acres were grazed on solar sites in 2024? What do we know about the ranchers and sites involved? To answer these questions, ASGA recently published the first-ever U.S. Solar Grazing Census with support by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). We learned much more than we anticipated and are excited to share our summary report with exciting new statistics on the rapidly expanding field of solar grazing! Access the 2024 ASGA Solar Grazing Census…
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Last week, ASGA launched our first-ever solar grazing training for solar companies, which we’re calling “What to Expect When You’re Expecting…Sheep.” Why train solar companies on how sheep work? There’s no…
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This past week, over 30 ranchers from Texas and states as far away as New York and Massachusetts participated in a packed three-day solar grazing training in Sulphur Springs, TX. The…
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How is solar grazing creating new opportunities for multi-generational farmers? Meet Chad Raines, a fourth generation cotton farmer from Lamesa, TX. In the face of tough economic conditions, Chad turned…
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We’ve just launched two new fact sheets on utilizing Livestock Guardian Dogs (LGDs) for solar grazing. Many solar graziers are deploying Livestock Guardian Dogs on sites to reduce predation and…
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Spring 2025 Newsletter Welcome to the Spring Edition of the ASGA Quarterly Newsletter! We’re glad you’re here. This is the place where you can learn the latest happenings in the world of solar grazing and agrivoltaics. Grab a cup of coffee and read on to learn what ASGA and our partners are doing to help advance agriculture on solar fields. Photo of the Month Featuring Lexie Hain from Lightsourse bp and President of the ASGA Board of Directors Census Report The ASGA United States Solar…
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Exciting news! The goal of our solar grazing map has always been to facilitate connections between solar companies and farmers. Now, we’ve added two exciting new features to help folks…
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At our April webinar, we explored where the U.S. sheep population currently stands and how it relates to the growing demand for solar grazing services. This conversation couldn’t be more…
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