A service of watson farms - dekalb, Illinois
Vegetation management of solar sites with sheep grazing and mowing
Sheep from Illinois Solar Grazing on a solar site in Cook County, Illinois
WORK WITH Illinois Solar Grazing
what is solar grazing?
Solar grazing is the partnership of agriculture and clean energy through agrivoltaics, where sheep maintain vegetation at solar sites, improve soil health, and support biodiversity—all while continuing to keep land in agriculture production.
Illinois solar grazing
Brooke and Chauncey Watson IV are Certified Solar Graziers by the American Solar Grazing Association and operate Illinois Solar Grazing, the largest solar grazing operation in Illinois. Although their farm is located in DeKalb, they have grazed over 320 acres across northern and central Illinois at nine community solar sites in Cook, Grundy, Livingston, Kankakee, Stephenson and Will counties. Several of these sites participate in Illinois Shines.
Solar Mowing
Illinois Solar Grazing also provides commercial mowing and in addition to exterior mows at the sites they solar graze, they have another 100 acres that they mow across three community solar sites in McLean, Whiteside and Winnebago counties.