It’s not hogwash. SUNY Cortland is using pigs to clean up unruly grass and weeds around its solar panels. It’s a first-of-its-kind experiment to see whether a special breed of grazing pig can someday ...

MENAHGA, Minn. — You’d never guess there was a severe drought at Single Cedar Farm in Menahga, Minnesota, south of Wolf Lake. Robert and Sue Keranen operate a 100% perennial, pasture-based farm. They ...

Upstate lawmakers concerned that productive agricultural land is being lost in the rush to add renewable sources of power to the state's grid like the idea of pigs and sheep grazing on solar farms.

Caleb Scott spent years convincing folks that his pigs and sheep do a better job clearing the land beneath solar panels than lawn mowers and weed whackers. Could chickens and turkeys be next? “Why ...