R-STEP Solar on Your Farm: Drainage and Soil Health Considerations for Landowners Webinar
Soil and water conservation are important to Hoosier landowners, and solar farms can have both positive and negative impacts depending on how they are designed and managed.
Tile drainage supports crop production on about half of Indiana’s farmland, making it important to understand how solar development may affect drainage systems and what strategies can improve outcomes. Soil health may be temporarily stressed during solar farm construction but can improve under the continuous living cover provided by established vegetation.
This presentation will discuss the processes that influence soil and water resources and how they can be protected, and in some cases enhanced, within solar farm systems.
Registration is required to attend the webinar, but there is no cost!
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If you are in need of accommodations to attend this program, please contact Jenna Nees prior to the meeting at (765) 653-8411 or smith535@purdue.edu by July 23, 2026.
If you need an interpreter or translator, please contact Jenna Nees prior to the meeting at (765) 653-8411 or smith535@purdue.edu by July 23, 2026.