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Not to worry, there is a whole lot of farm land that is going to free up soon for renewables as farmers go bankrupt from suboptimal agriculture trade policy.

https://www.uaex.uada.edu/media-resources/news/2025/july/07-...

https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/07/farm-bankruptcie...

(soybean exports to China from the US are already down 96% this year; also, while most federal lands are west of the midwest great plains, there should be sufficient non federal land to meet the energy needs of West Coast load centers: https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/pad-us-14-map-federal-land...)



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