Crop prices aren't what they used to be, so some farmers have sought out additional sources of income, including clean energy.
On a recent episode of Field Work podcast, hosts Zach Johnson and Mitchell Hora talk to Pat Duncanson, a fifth generation farmer in southern Blue Earth County who has several solar projects on his land, and Fritz Ebinger with CERTs, who helps farmers explore clean energy options.
Pat has a 20kW roof-mounted solar array serving his farm, a 60kW ground-mounted solar installation on a swine finishing site, and hosts a community solar garden on a plot of non-prime ag land he owns near the City of Mapleton, MN.
