Trump Says US Won’t Back Solar, Wind Projects Hurting Farms

Solar panels and a pistachio grove at a farm in Huron, California.
Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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By Ari Natter and Ilena Peng

August 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM EDT

Updated on

August 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM EDT

President Donald Trump said the US won’t approve solar and wind projects that hurt farmland, claiming they are inflating electricity prices.

The post on Truth Social, Trump’s latest attack on renewables, comes a day after the US Department of Agriculture said it was ending programs that provide financial support to clean energy on productive farmland. The move presents challenges to growers who have leaned on federal incentives to diversify income amid low crop prices.