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How Alberta Farmers Can Reap the Rewards From AgEnergy

Lease payments from renewable energy projects can be a lifeline to family farms, but it often comes at a cost: giving up some say in what happens on your land.

With AgEnergy, you can farm as usual while earning from the power your fields produce, supported by partners who know the land because they farm here too.

There are a few options you can choose from:

Landowner Equity

You lease your land at a reduced rate, but get ownership in Palliser Grid—or invest your own capital to take a larger share.

This option can help build generational wealth for your family farm, but it rides on how well our company performs overtime.

Profit-Sharing

Instead of lease payments, you earn a percentage of the project’s profits—or a percentage of the revenue per MWh sold.

You would get a bigger check annually than leasing alone, but not s big as the potential payout that comes with ownership.

Lease Only

If you don’t want any financial risk, you can choose to just receive lease payments from having wind or solar on your land.

You get peace of mind and predictable income—just not the upside that comes with being a stakeholder.

Wind or Solar? The Best Choice for Your Land

If you want to keep farming your usual crops, putting wind turbines on the outskirts of your land will allow you to do just. Even though they’re spaced out, wind turbines will only use up 1-2% of your field.

While solar panels take up more acres, you’ll find they come with side-benefits that help you get more from your dry land:

Grow Crops the Sun Would Normally Burn Up

Solar arrays act as a shelter to protect crops from direct sunlight and temperature swings, creating an ideal growing environment for high-value crops, like leafy greens, root vegetables, and brassicas.

Get Better-Quality Meat From Your Livestock

Sheep and cattle naturally prefer grazing under PV modules and research has shown they’re healthier for it—less heat stress, fewer parasites, and better-quality feed growing in those cooler spots.

Improve Soil Health Through Water Conservation

You know how dry and stubborn our soil can be. The shade from the panels helps cool it down and reduces evaporation, so the ground holds onto moisture a whole lot better.

Get a Better Yield With Built-In Crop Protection

Hail, high winds, and even heavy rain can do a lot of damage before harvest. With solar panels as cover, you can rest assured bad weather conditions won’t wipe out your entire bumper crop.

Increase Biodiversity and Pollination in Your Fields

When you plant native grasses and flowers under the panels, they turn into a safe haven for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, helping improve crop production in nearby fields.

We’ll Make It Work For Your Family Farm

We’ll make sure the setup works for your operation, not box you into something you won’t be happy with later.

If you want to graze livestock or grow crops under the panels, we’ll raise them at the right height and walk you through the learning curve—we’ve been in your boots already.

And if you’re ready to slow down or retire with no one to hand over the reins to, we can manage the vegetation under the panels with our own flock and years of know-how at Yetwood Farms. That way, you can put up your feet and enjoy passive income without any extra work.