Power your farm and bank the savings.

REAP (Rural Energy for America Program) has historically funded a large share of farm and rural-business solar. Important for 2026: the USDA grant window is paused and under federal review, and policy is shifting around solar on productive farmland — though REAP loan guarantees remain. We track the status closely and tell you exactly where it stands before you count on it.

A lot. Even setting grants aside, ag projects qualify for the 30% commercial ITC, accelerated depreciation, and decades of lower energy cost on irrigation, dairy, grain drying, shops and the farmhouse. We model your real numbers from your actual bills.

All three. We've built barn-roof arrays (Inver Grove Heights), ground-mounts (Felton 56 kW, plus Willmar, Mora and Big Falls) and farm rooftops — each sized to the operation. Current federal policy leans toward roof and self-consumption systems over large ground-mounts on prime cropland, which we factor into the design.

The commercial 30% ITC is time-sensitive: under current law a project generally must begin construction by July 4, 2026, or be placed in service by Dec 31, 2027. The sooner we start, the safer your credit — and we'll tell you current REAP status at the same time.

The expensive, predictable ones: irrigation pumping, grain drying and aeration, dairy parlor vacuum pumps and milk cooling, ventilation, shop tools, and the home. Because much of this runs in daylight or year-round, a well-sized array offsets a big share of it directly — the most valuable kind of solar production.

You can, but it's worth planning. Federal policy is tightening around incentives for large arrays on prime farmland, favoring rooftops, marginal or non-productive ground, and self-consumption. We help you site the system where it both performs and protects your incentive eligibility.

A solar system used in your farm operation is depreciable business property — typically 5-year MACRS, often with bonus depreciation in year one. Combined with the ITC, that recovers a large share of the cost through tax benefits. Your tax preparer confirms the specifics; we supply the documentation.

Yes — and it's often a great fit. Constant cooling, ventilation and pumping mean you use power day and night, so pairing solar with battery storage can offset more of your own load and keep critical systems running through an outage.

Most Minnesota farms are served by a rural electric cooperative or municipal utility rather than Xcel, and each has its own net-metering and interconnection rules. We've worked with co-ops across greater Minnesota (East Central Energy, Connexus and others) and handle the interconnection application and paperwork for your specific provider.

Your loads aren't flat — they spike in irrigation season and at harvest drying. We size the array to your annual profile and use net metering or your co-op's banking rules so spring and summer overproduction helps cover the heavy-use stretches.

Big enough to offset your priority loads without wasteful overbuild. We start from 12 months of usage across your meters (home, shop, irrigation, livestock) and right-size from there — roof, barn and ground-mount can be combined.

Metal barn and shop roofs are excellent for solar — durable and easy to mount to. We confirm structure and remaining roof life first; if a roof is near end-of-life, we'll talk through timing so you're not mounting on a roof you'll soon replace.

Book a free farm assessment. Bring (or we'll pull) 12 months of bills across your meters; we evaluate roof, barn and ground options, give you a straight answer on current incentives including REAP, and deliver a transparent proposal with honest numbers.