A Texas farmer whose family has worked the same land since 1953 now earns $200,000 a year by leasing 600 of his 2,400 acres for solar panels, helping keep the remaining farm alive after devastating crop losses
Solar leases offer farmers decades of reliable income, helping secure family finances and keep agricultural operations running. For generations, the Cargil family has made a living from the wide, dry farmland surrounding Uvalde in southwest Texas. But farming has never offered much certainty. Weather can erase months of work in a single night, while drought,…