An Australian solar farm has shared its rows with 1,700 merino sheep for three years, and the farmer says the fleece tests on wool growth, weight and micron came back better than his open paddocks — while the sheep replaced the mowing the operator once paid for six times a year
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Grazing sheep beneath solar panels cuts maintenance costs while producing wool that outperforms wool from conventional pastures, suggesting a new model for how farms might share land in a climate-conscious future.