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ASGA Releases Livestock Guardian Dog Fact Sheets

By Kevin Richardson / May 3, 2025 /

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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Fescue and Solar Grazing: An Opportunity or Time for Caution?

By Alyssa Andrew / April 30, 2025 /

Fescue is a hardy, cool season forage that is highly productive and maintains its quality well into the winter months, offering opportunity for stockpiling and winter grazing. This forage is…

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Solar Grazing Newsletter – Spring 2025

By Kevin Richardson / April 30, 2025 /

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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How to Reach Out to Solar Companies: Grazing with Cam Open Forum

By Alyssa Andrew / April 24, 2025 /

How do you get in touch with the asset owner or operator for sites you’d like to graze? In this month’s Grazing with Cam event, Camren Maierle (American Lamb Board)…

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What Makes an Ideal “Vegetation Management Specialist”: What Traits are Solar Companies Looking For?

By Alyssa Andrew / April 23, 2025 /

Solar grazing requires sheep farmers to transition into professional vegetation service providers to meet contractual requirements for vegetation management. Experienced graziers know how crucial it is to understand the service…

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Solar Development 101 and How Developers Approach Solar Grazing Projects

By Alyssa Andrew / April 8, 2025 /

Solar grazing requires strong partnerships and communication with solar developers, and both parties should work together to learn about the background of each other’s industry. How does the solar development…

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Upcoming Screening of ASGA Solar Grazing Documentary in Virginia

By Alyssa Andrew / April 1, 2025 /

The American Solar Grazing Association is excited to announce that we’ll have a special screening of our documentary, Pastures and Panels: The Power of Solar Grazing, in Charlottesville, VA on April 9th from…

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Recently Published: NYSERDA Study Preliminary Results

By Alyssa Andrew / March 25, 2025 /

In Summer of 2024, ASGA had the privilege to present preliminary results from our NYSERDA study at the AgriVoltaics World Conference Poster Session. Along with our poster, our research team…

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Make a Nomination for the 2025 North American Agrivoltaics Awards

By Alyssa Andrew / March 21, 2025 /

Do you know of a dual-use project or professional who deserves recognition? Make a nomination for the 2025 North American Agrivoltaics Awards (NAAA25) by May 5th! You are able to nominate…

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New Resource: “Targeted Grazing 101” from the American Sheep Industry Association

By Alyssa Andrew / February 28, 2025 /

The American Sheep Industry Association (ASI) recently released their new handbook, Targeted Grazing 101: Starting and Sustaining a Grazing Service Enterprise. This resource supplies those new to the targeted grazing industry…

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New Resource: “Best Practices in Agrisolar” from the National Center for Appropriate Technology

By Alyssa Andrew / February 21, 2025 /

AgriSolar Clearinghouse and the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) recently released their new report, Best Practices in Agrisolar! This guide reports on best practices related to the co-location of agriculture…

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Sheep and solar grazing were the talk of RE+!

By ASGA / September 17, 2024 /

The ASGA Team attended this year’s RE+ renewable energy conference and made a big splash with a live sheep display and the world premiere of our solar grazing documentary film!…

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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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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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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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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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