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Connect with ASGA at RE+!

By ASGA / September 5, 2024 /

ASGA is bringing the sheep to this year’s RE+ solar industry convention! If you’re planning to be at Anaheim next week, ASGA will be collaborating with RE+ to host 3…

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Saving Time with Herding Dogs on Community and Utility Scale Solar (ASGA Teatime Replay)

By ASGA / August 29, 2024 /

Sheep herding dogs are essential working companions for many solar graziers, saving graziers time and money when moving sheep. For this Teatime, we had a fantastic discussion on acquiring and managing…

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ASGA Call 79 – Barriers to Agrivoltaics Growth: Initial Findings from the SI2 Solar + Farms Survey

By ASGA / August 8, 2024 /

The Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2)‘s Shawn Rumery presented the fascinating early results from their Solar + Farms survey. The survey offered an opportunity for farmers and solar developers…

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Livestock Guardian Dogs for Solar Grazing: Feeding and Feeding Stations

By ASGA / July 25, 2024 /

We invited Bill Costanzo (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension) and solar grazier Amanda Stoffels back for another discussion on using livestock guardian dogs (LGD) on solar sites! For this Teatime, Bill…

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Where do I put my flock now? Contingency planning for Solar Grazing

By ASGA / June 28, 2024 /

Many new and experienced solar graziers have been in the difficult position of having their flock ready to mobilize on solar sites, when suddenly their start date is pushed back…

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Raising the Panels for Cattle Grazing (ASGA Call 78)

By ASGA / June 5, 2024 /

How do you make solar arrays cattle proof and what does cattle grazing under solar panels look like now? To provide an update on some of the latest developments in…

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Update on ASGA Certification for Solar Grazing Training

By ASGA / May 22, 2024 /

With so many new members joining at such a fast clip, some of you may not be aware of ASGA’s Solar Grazing Training Certification. This program was just launched in…

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Vegetation Management Budgeting with Cornell’s Todd Schmit (ASGA Teatime)

By ASGA / May 21, 2024 /

Following up on our April panel discussion on solar grazing budgets and our December presentation from Bobbie Severson on developing solar grazing co-ops in the northeast, we invited Todd Schmit…

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Northern Exposure: Agrivoltaics in Alaska and the Northern U.S. (ASGA Call 77)

By ASGA / May 2, 2024 /

For this webinar, we tackled high-latitude agrivoltaics in Alaska and North Dakota. First we heard from the team developing the agrivoltaics research project at the Houston Solar site in Alaska. They…

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ASGA Teatime Replay: Jumping into Large-Scale Grazing in TX and the Southeast with Chad Raines

By ASGA / April 11, 2024 /

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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ASGA Call 76 Replay: How Big Is Solar Grazing in the U.S.? (ASGA Census Results)

By ASGA / April 4, 2024 /

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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ASGA Teatime Replay – Wicked wins and epic fails: 7 years of solar grazing with Lyndsey Smith & Chris Moore

By ASGA / March 28, 2024 /

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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ASGA Votes to Expand Board of Directors, Elects 4 New Board Members

By ASGA / March 25, 2024 /

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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Recording: Fourth Annual Membership Meeting of the American Solar Grazing Association

By ASGA / March 25, 2024 /

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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ASGA Call 75 Replay: Digging into Vegetation and Soil Management Planning for Solar

By ASGA / March 19, 2024 /

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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ASGA Teatime Replay: From Struggling Dairy Farmer to Successful Solar Grazier (+ How to Grow Efficiently)

By ASGA / February 14, 2024 /

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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