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Brian King, Anthony Downing and David Long are among 12 landowners in central Indiana who have leased some of the farm land for a solar panel project. The choice to do so was based on the amount per acre Engie, the company doing the project, pays per acre. The consistent income helps farmers continue farming in a time of uncertain economics.
Construction takes place on a 1,500-acre solar farm outside of Greentown in central Indiana in this photo from November. Solar energy production is expected in 2026.
This chart shows the changes in variable costs, broken down per category, since 2015. The significant increases in 2022 and 2023 are largely related to the increases in pesticides and fertilizers due to the war in Ukraine as Russia is significant exporter of natural gas.
This chart shows the breakdown of operational and variable costs per acre of rotational corn in Indiana along with gross revenue. Operational farming costs include farm machinery payments and cash rent. Variable costs include pesticides and fertilizer.
This chart shows yearly U.S. soybean exports and the share that goes to China. Exports to China have dipped due to President Donald Trump’s trade war with the country.
This chart shows Brazil soybean exports and the share sent to China. The country is expected to produce a record amount of soybeans in 2025. Most are exported to China.
A herd of sheep grazes at Susquehanna University’s solar array during a tour of the college’s Center for Environmental Education and Research in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.
Brian King, Anthony Downing and David Long are among 12 landowners in central Indiana who have leased some of the farm land for a solar panel project. The choice to do so was based on the amount per acre Engie, the company doing the project, pays per acre. The consistent income helps farmers continue farming in a time of uncertain economics.
GREENTOWN, Ind. — A series of wind turbines dot the southern sky in rural Central Indiana, about an hour north of Indianapolis.
Anthony Downing, a farmer in Howard County, can see them from the farm. On a clear night, their red lights flash in unison.
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This chart shows the changes in variable costs, broken down per category, since 2015. The significant increases in 2022 and 2023 are largely related to the increases in pesticides and fertilizers due to the war in Ukraine as Russia is significant exporter of natural gas.
This chart shows the breakdown of operational and variable costs per acre of rotational corn in Indiana along with gross revenue. Operational farming costs include farm machinery payments and cash rent. Variable costs include pesticides and fertilizer.
This chart shows yearly U.S. soybean exports and the share that goes to China. Exports to China have dipped due to President Donald Trump’s trade war with the country.
This chart shows Brazil soybean exports and the share sent to China. The country is expected to produce a record amount of soybeans in 2025. Most are exported to China.
Construction takes place on a 1,500-acre solar farm outside of Greentown in central Indiana in this photo from November. Solar energy production is expected in 2026.
A herd of sheep grazes at Susquehanna University’s solar array during a tour of the college’s Center for Environmental Education and Research in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania.
Spencer Durham can be reached at 765-454-8598, by email at spencer.durham@kokomotribune.com or on Twitter at @Durham_KT.
Massachusetts has long been at the forefront of the clean energy revolution, joining California and a handful of other states years ago in adopting some of the toughest environmental regulations in the nation.
Solar power is surging across the U.S. as costs plummet and companies ramp up large-scale commercial projects, but experts say the green industry faces an uncertain future as the Trump administration scraps federal subsidies that have helped foster growth of the clean energy sector.
CNHI and the Gloucester Daily Times are offering this series looking at green energy in the United States as part of The Great Green Debate. This is the fourth part; previous stories may be found online.
Amid a growing need for energy access across the nation, more options are coming online, while old standbys are also being boosted.
The series has looked at the global shift to renewable energy and America’s growing need, how green energy works and how clean it is. Latter parts in the series will look at the ongoing conflict surrounding land development for green-energy projects and related funding, and the loss of greenspace, along with how we can use less energy, regardless of how it is supplied.
Clean energy — such as solar, wind and batteries — is often considered a zero-emission technology that doesn’t generate any climate-change-inducing carbon dioxide when it produces electricity.
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