A Martin farming operation has been named to receive funding for a clean energy project.
Yarbro Farms was announced as one of ten rural farms and small businesses to receive the funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The USDA’s “Rural Energy for America Program” helps farms and businesses purchase and install clean energy systems and support energy efficiency improvements.
Yarbro Farms will use a $536,000 grant to install a 302-kilowatt ground mounted solar array on its row crop farm in the City of Martin.
The project is expected to save the family farm more than $32,000 annually, while also saving almost 407,000 kilowatt hours of energy per year.
The savings in energy is enough to power 34 homes.
