Photo Credit: Fair Use [17 U.S.C. § 107] It is possible to continue farming even under and between solar arrays.
Solar Panels Pose No Threat to Ohio Farmland
06 Jul 2026 | Abstracted from Columbus Underground
Solar covers <0.15% of Ohio's prime farmland. Opponents exaggerate its impact while ignoring larger land losses from golf courses and suburban sprawl. Solar is reversible, unlike development. Corn ethanol uses 30× more land per unit of energy. With rising electricity demand, solar-plus-storage is the fastest deployable capacity. Farming and solar can coexist through grazing and agrivoltaics.
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