Michigan bill would codify preserved farmland’s ability to become solar

A new bill introduced in Michigan would allow farmers enrolled in the state’s farmland preservation program to rent land to commercial solar operations.

Bill sponsor Senator Kristen McDonald Rivet tells Brownfield the legislation would pause tax incentives for farmers in the PA 116 program and allow land to be used for solar generation.

“When you’re done using the land for the solar farm, you take that down and revert the land back to farming space, and the tax incentives kick back in,” she explains.

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