Trump Administration Bans Solar on Farmland

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has banned the use of farmland for the construction of solar installations, effective immediately. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the decision on X, saying, “Millions of acres of prime farmland is left unusable so Green New Deal subsidized solar panels can be built. This destruction of our farms and prime soil is taking away the futures of the next generation of farmers and the future of our country.” “Starting today, @USDA will no longer deploy programs to fund solar or wind…