In Grundy County, Illinois, grain farmer John Dollinger gets yearly payments from ten wind turbines spread across his family’s 800-acre property. About a decade ago, the deal guaranteed him $10,...
An Iowa corn and soybean farmer found that using less than two acres of his cropland for renewable energy equipment created the most reliable financial return across his entire property. According to ...
The man approached the bank to find out how he could withdraw the money from his late wife’s savings account. (Image for representative purpose only) When you add a nominee to any of your saving...
An Ohio farmer facing $1 million (£750,000) in medical bills had to sell land and farm machinery from his family farm after local officials blocked a solar energy project on his property. Wayne Greier...
After spending most of his life on the same Pennsylvania farm, dairy farmer Jeff Biddle has chosen to protect it from development, even after receiving two lucrative offers from potential buyers. The ...
Pennsylvania teacher Ronald Sakolsky’s $5,000 donation helps transform China’s desert into a forest of 50,000 trees. (Photo: Getty Images) Ronald Sakolsky, a 69-year-old retired teacher from Pennsylva...
On a 160-acre farm in central Iowa, three tall wind turbines quietly rise above the fields. Each turbine uses less than an acre of land, but together they provide an annual income that has changed the...
NRCS Soil Conservationist Jimmy Young with Vermont Dairy Farmers Matt and Guy Choiniere in Highgate Center, Vermont (pictured from left to right). Image Credit: US Department of Agriculture The Choini...
The Kellogg story is also one of persistence. He began farming at 14 after his father left agriculture to care for his ill wife. By his senior year of high school, Bill was managing 700 acres, much of...
The 700-plus gold coins, found in a cornfield in Kentucky, date to between 1840 and 1863 (Source: GovMint.com) A Kentucky farmer working in his field has uncovered an extraordinary collection of Civil...