The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday it will heighten scrutiny of some solar and wind projects but stopped ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will no longer subsidize large-scale solar projects placed on farmland or use solar panels ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will no longer support solar and wind projects on productive farmland, said Agriculture ...

The Agriculture Department said that it will exclude wind and solar energy projects from a rural loan guarantee program, the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is ceasing funding for internal programs spurring solar and wind construction on ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded billions in Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grants for solar projects.

Food or Fuel? On-the-ground solar energy has some of the greatest land-use requirements of any energy source, and opposition to solar on agricultural land is growing. With subsidies being pulled, ...

The USDA's new policy will impact programs like the Rural Development Business and Industry Guaranteed Loan Program and the ...

On Monday, August 18, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced that the USDA will no longer fund taxpayer dollars for solar panels on productive farmland or allow solar panels ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced Monday that taxpayer dollars will no longer fund large-scale solar projects on prime American farmland, a move aimed at protecting ...

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that the USDA will no longer use taxpayer dollars to fund solar panel ...