TWIGGS COUNTY, Ga. — Normally, farmers use lawnmowers or tractors to keep solar panels from getting shaded by overgrown vegetation. In Twiggs County though, Onward Energy uses the company Goat ...

Banks says they have over 2,500 sheep and goats that eat grass on the 1,675-acre land in Twiggs County. She says the animals will stay in a section for two or three days then move to a larger area ...

Item 1 of 5 Sheep graze on a solar panel farm in Haskell, Texas, U.S. December 2, 2024. Chad Raines has increased his sheep grazing contracts from 600 acres to 22,000 acres in one year.

Sheep are being used to help maintain a solar farm 02:24. Hundreds of sheep are hard at work this spring in central Minnesota — not on a farm, but beneath solar panels.

Solar shepherds, who manage sheep grazing under solar panels, are part of a growing movement that combines agriculture and renewable energy — and offers high incomes in the process.

Not every urban site is ideal. Chandler owns City Sheep and Goat in Colbert, Georgia, about 12.4 miles (20 kilometers) northeast of UGA's campus in Athens, ...

Not every urban site is ideal. Jennif Chandler owns City Sheep and Goat in Colbert, Georgia, about 12.4 miles northeast of the university's campus in Athens, ...