EconomicUnited States·18 Oct 2026
California farm leases land for solar power instead of growing wheat
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Alan Changala of the Changala family farm in Tulare, California, leased 300 acres of land to solar developers Wellhead Electric in 2014, shifting from dry-farmed wheat to electricity generation. The solar lease generated $1,000 per acre annually, providing ten times the income of the wheat operation. This transition was driven by rising water costs and the…
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