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We had great a farmer-to-farmer chat with Chad Raines, a solar grazier and ASGA Board member based out of Lamesa, TX. Chad told us how he transitioned from targeted grazing…
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75 grazing enthusiasts joined our webinar on the state of solar grazing in the U.S. ASGA’s Alyssa Andrew presented the preliminary results of the ASGA solar grazing census. She provided…
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It’s one thing to get your solar grazing business off the ground, but what challenges and opportunities can you expect once your solar grazing operation is in its 3rd or…
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At the 4th Annual Meeting of the American Solar Grazing Association, our membership overwhelmingly voted to expand our board from 9 to 11 members to take on the increased responsibilities…
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2023 was a groundbreaking year as ASGA’s membership grew, we launched a number of new initiatives, and our members represented solar grazing and its benefits at events across the U.S.!…
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Proper vegetation and soil management planning on solar sites is key to good land stewardship and setting up a project for successful vegetation cover. With the application of industry leading…
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Jonathan Northrop (Watertown, NY) joined us to discuss how he transitioned from a struggling dairy farming business to become a successful sheep farmer and solar grazier, combined with a direct-consumer meat…
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Solar grazing offers an important avenue for making solar sites more ecologically sustainable, but how can solar developers design and manage sites to ensure the site is eco-friendly from construction…
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For this Teatime, Premier1 gave us an overview of the basics of sheep handling systems and why you need them. We also heard from five suppliers and manufacturers who discussed…
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Grazing Kunekune pigs with your sheep to restore vegetation health on a rocky, unseeded solar site with poor fencing. Navigating the challenges of doing agriculture in a suburban setting. Making…
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How do you approach a solar company, what are the questions you should ask, and what boxes do you need to check off before you make your pitch to them?…
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For our last ASGA event of 2023, Dr. Bobbie Severson from the Cornell University Cooperative Enterprise Program (CEP) joined us to discuss their recent utility-scale solar grazing survey. Bobbie broke…
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For our first December Teatime event, we were excited to have livestock guardian dog expert Bill Costanzo and solar grazier Amanda Stoffels discuss how to use livestock guardian dogs while…
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What goes into solar site construction and what should solar graziers know about it? For our December call, Daniel Shapiro and his talented team gave us an in-depth look at…
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How and why would you incorporate mowing into your grazing operations on solar sites? Combining grazing with mowing is becoming more common in the industry. The complexities of managing vegetation…
Read MoreWe’ve heard feedback from some solar graziers that they’d like more information about why ASGA is collecting these responses and what we plan to do with them. All data collected…
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