FencelineForrest

Been running the numbers on this since the audit requirement dropped, and GridFreeGuy's right that it's the difference between a program a working farm can actually use and one that just looks good on paper. We added 18kW on the machine shed roof three years back and I've been eyeing a battery bank ever since to carry us through the grid hiccups we get out here during harvest season storms — the kind that take the co-op two or three days to get trucks out to fix. SolarSarah's point about the ag income threshold is the one I'd tell anyone to check first before they get excited. We clear it easy, been farming this ground four generations, but I know plenty of smaller operations around here that wouldn't. Worth a call to your local USDA office before you spend a weekend on the application.