Trump’s Latest Anti-Solar Move Runs Into a Popular Farmer Program

Aug 22, 2025

By Anna Kramer

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it was trying to protect American farmland from solar development by putting new restrictions on a popular rural energy program.

Those changes are unlikely to stem losses to U.S. farmland, and they could hurt existing farm businesses that are barely staying afloat by restricting their ability to save on costs, experts warned.

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