Farmers see potential in solar panel revenue
Story Date: 9/25/2019

 

Source: Nikita Meadvedev, FINANCIAL BUZZ, 9/24/19


It is no secret that the most impacted field from the US-China trade war is agriculture. Farmers in the United States have suffered greatly.” Futures prices for corn, soybeans and wheat are all trading around their lowest levels since 2010. Making matters worse, record spring rainfall left many farmers no time to plant a decent crop.”Farmers have seen some hope in converting to solar panel energy. Farmers have two options to incorporate solar panels, one of them is to lease land over to energy companies or install their own solar panels. “Both methods can amount to more than $1,000 a month in improved margins, according to farmers and renewable-energy advocates.”

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