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Sheep under solar panels: how one northern Minnesota farm fits into the green energy push

A livestock producer in northern Minnesota plans to incorporate solar grazing into the operation. Ellie Trout is a fourth-generation farmer on her family's diversified cow-calf and sheep farm in Itasca County and says the goal is to promote green energy while keeping agricultural land in production.

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A livestock producer in northern Minnesota plans to incorporate solar grazing into the operation.

Ellie Trout is a fourth-generation farmer on her family's diversified cow-calf and sheep farm in Itasca County and says the goal is to promote green energy while keeping agricultural land in production.

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A livestock producer in northern Minnesota plans to incorporate solar grazing into the operation. Ellie Trout is a fourth-generation farmer on her family's diversified cow-calf and sheep farm in Itasca County and says the goal is to promote green energy while keeping agricultural land in production.

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