Efforts are underway to mitigate the concern about losing farmland to solar panels. One of those efforts is agrivoltaics, which combines agriculture with solar installations.

How much power does the government claim on private land? A court recently ruled against two hunting clubs in their lawsuit accusing the Pennsylvania Game Commission of private property rights violation. In its ruling, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania noted the government’s absolute power to “roam private land without consent, warrants or probable cause.”

More than 667,000 CRP participants have received FSA payments for their voluntary conservation initiatives covering more than 23 million acres of private land. Since 2021, CRP has witnessed a 21% increase in enrolled acres.

In 2018, former President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports. Those tariffs are going to be a topic of discussion during a one-day summit between the U.S. and Europe on Friday.