barnhome86 - 5/18/2022 09:40 $900-$1000/acre here in ECIL. Don’t walk away…run. Corn is $8, land is $20k….yeah let’s cover up our nations most productive land with panels for the next 25 years. Absolutely absurd. I was approached about adding to the 1,600 acre solar farm near me and told them absolutely not. No one knows what the long term deal or effects on the land that these projects bring. They promise to a have a removal plan after 25 years…..I question that. I wonder what the local landowners around here think after signing their life away for a measly $900/acre for the next 25 years? I netted over $900/acre last year on some of my crops alone. Land prices have increased by 50% since this local solar farm had began construction 18 months ago. You have to ask yourself what a deal like this would look like today, if a lease like this had started 25 years ago. An absolute joke! They pay a 2% inflation increase every year. Inflation just in 2021 was 7 1/2%. So they are already behind by 3-4 years. I can’t imagine what inflation is this year. I’m a proponent of solar energy, just not for permanently covering up our food source in the heartland of our nation. I love the land and love to farm. I’m trying to preserve it for my children and grandchildren, so they too can farm.