Farmers who graze sheep below sun panels say it improves productiveness. So why don’t we do it extra?

Farmers who graze sheep below sun panels say it improves productiveness. So why don’t we do it extra?

Allowing livestock to graze under renewable developments gives farmers a separate income stream, but solar developers have been slow to catch on

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As a flock of about 2,000 sheep graze between rows of solar panels, grazier Tony Inder wonders what all the fuss is about. “I’m not going to suggest it’s everyone’s cup of tea,” he says. “But as far as sheep grazing goes, solar is really good.”

Inder is talking about concerns over the encroachment of prime agricultural land by ever-expanding solar and windfarms, a well-trodden talking point for the loudest opponents to Australia’s energy transition.

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