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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…

The Sheep are Back: Visit Our Live Solar Grazing Display (Booth# V2526) Sheep are coming back to the country’s biggest solar energy conference. We are thrilled to partner with Array and Cannon Valley…

The ASGA community showed up in force at another incredible Solar Farm Summit! Interest in solar grazing reached new heights, with dozens of our solar grazier members and industry partners…

The American Solar Grazing Association (ASGA) is excited to announce that registration is now open for two upcoming “What to Expect When You’re Expecting Sheep” workshops, designed specifically for solar industry professionals…

July 1-3, 2025, marks the 6th annual AgriVoltaics World Conference in Freiburg, Germany!  Day 2 will feature presentations on solar grazing. ASGA’s Lexie Hain will serve as a session co-chair for the…

The finalists for the North American Agrivoltaics Awards (NAAA) were recently announced, and voting is now open through June 30th. Congratulations to all those nominated! Overview of Rewards View the 2025 finalists here. ​…

The American Sheep Industry recently released the June issue of the Sheep Industry News, and there was a lot of coverage on solar grazing! Within this issue, you can read…

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…

ASGA recently announced the publication of their paper, Sheep Grazing Impacts on Soil Health and Pasture Quality at Commercial Solar Sites in Northeastern USA. This paper was created for the…

In this workshop, we had an excellent lineup of panelists to discuss how to approach starting a solar grazing business. They covered planning tips for a general sheep enterprise, as…