The U.S. Department of Agriculture will no longer subsidize large-scale solar projects placed on farmland or use solar panels manufactured by foreign adversaries in any agency projects, according to a news release Tuesday.

Hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars have gone towards solar and other “green” energy initiatives since 2022 alone. Roughly 47% of utility-scale solar projects are located on farmland as of 2025, according to Agricultural Economic Insights , and solar panels on American farmland have increased by 50% since 2012, according to USDA.

“Our prime farmland should not be wasted and replaced with green new deal subsidized solar panels,” USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins said. “Subsidized solar farms have made it more difficult for farmers to access farmland by making i

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