About 60% of Iowa's power comes from wind. Farmers can earn extra cash by leasing small sections of farms for power production. Bill Clark/Getty Images Drive through the plains of Iowa or Kansas and ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture will no longer support solar and wind projects on productive farmland, said Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in a post on X on Monday. The ...

Crossover Wind, a 135-megawatt wind farm near Wynne, is now online. The farm's 33 Vestas 4.5MW turbines, designed to produce enough electricity to power 50,000 houses, have been operating since June.

This story was originally published by The Conversation. Drive through the plains of Iowa or Kansas and you’ll see more than rows of corn, wheat and soybeans. You’ll also see towering wind turbines ...