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so I live next to cow pastures and no, they don't always have a barn on the location they're grazing. They often come hang out under my pecan trees that have branches over the fence during the hottest days. Many farmers rotate their cattle through different pastures and not all of those pastures will have barns.
The debate about taking fields growing corn or beans being converted to solar is a bit more complex. If the farmer is struggling to get good returns on that land for corn or beans it may be worth allowing a company to turn it into a solar farm instead. If they're getting good returns on the crops there would be no reason to switch to solar.
But I do think that absolutely none of this should be preventing people from putting solar on their roofs, on car parks, or other areas. I would absolutely do it on my house if I didn't have trees covering everything already.
Comment by ReactionAble7945 at 12/01/2025 at 18:11 UTC
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Dairy or beef? We are talking dairy. Beef cattle need different stuff. And I already know the answer, but I want you to type it.
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For beef, we need to look at the cattle on the range and how if the farmer chooses the breed for the climate they do very well without buildings. If in the wrong area for the breed or marginal, then buildings, shade, heat...
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BUT I am really talking about the farm fields not pasture. IF the farmer isn't making it with corns and beans...without subsidies. And they can convert it over to solar and make it without subsidies, then OK. But we are not playing on an even field with no subsidies.
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And everyone arguing with me is missing the point. This time and the last time I posted it.
Why are the airport parking lots not covered with solar?
Why not the areas in the median?
Why not wind turbine in the round about or clover leaf?
These should be FIRST. Why are out politicians pushing for solar farms and not a solar farm at the airport, medians, wind in the clover leaf?