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In many places, the amount can grow is limited by available water, not sunlight. This means that adding solar panels above some, but not all, of the field lets you make significant use of that excess sunlight, increasing overall crop yield.

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Tobberone@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Not to mention that the added shade will help with moisture retention, which is another part of the reason why it is possible to increase crop yield when adding solar to a field.

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chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Oh yeah that makes perfect sense. I’m thinking from my area’s perspective which is the opposite: barely any sunlight at all and tons of rain/snow.

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- cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Probably not a great spot for solar, and you’d do better with wind?
  
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  - chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    We have lots of wind turbines in the country near here. Sometimes it actually gets too windy for them (risking damage by pushing them above design speed limit)!
    
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