Source: Ginger Rowsey, FARM PROGRESS, 6/17/22

Chad Dacus takes great pride in being a multi-generational farmer. He farms with his father, Chuck, near Somerville, Tenn., on land that has been passed down through his mother’s side of the family for more than a century. He says keeping that land in the family and preserving it for the next generation is his ultimate goal.  So, nearly 10 years ago, when Dacus was first approached by an energy company about leasing property rights for a solar farm, he saw an opportunity to preserve family property.   

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