The federal government will no longer offer taxpayer subsidies for solar panels being placed on farmland, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced this week.

Department heads under the Trump administration argue that subsidized solar farms have made it more difficult for farmers to access farmland by making it more expensive and less available. Since 2012, the presence of solar panels on farmland nationwide has increased by nearly 50%, per USDA statistics. The federal agency is also barring solar panels manufactured by foreign adversaries from being used in government-subsidized projects.

“Our prime farmland should not be wasted and replaced with green new deal subsidized solar panels. It has been disheartening to see our beautiful farmland displaced by solar projects, especia

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