SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The 2025 American Sheep Industry Association Annual Convention will officially kick off in Scottsdale, Ariz., with a panel discussion on Agrivoltaics.
The Opening Session discussion will include three sheep producers and representatives from two solar companies. Lexi Hain – who founded the American Solar Grazing Association and served as its first executive director – will moderate the session entitled Energizing the Sheep Industry With Solar, which will take place on Jan. 16 at 4 p.m. at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort.
Panelists for the session include:
• Daniel Dotterer of Daniel Dotterer Farms in Pennsylvania.
• Ryan Indart of Indart Solar Sheep Grazing in California.
• Reid Redden of Premier Solar Sheep in Texas.
• Loran Shallenberger of Silicon Ranch Corporation.
• David Wen of the AES Corporation.
Solar grazing has become the fastest growing segment of the American sheep industry in recent years, changing the way some sheep producers manage their flocks entirely and inducing others from outside the industry to develop flocks of their own. Each of the three sheep producers come from multi-generational sheep operations, but each are the first generation in their families to move into the area of solar grazing.
Earlier this year, Silicon Ranch opened a 26,000-square foot lambing barn at its Houston Solar Project in Houston County, Ga.
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