Carlisle farmer Don Kittler looked out at his 18-acre field east of Lonoke, beaming at row after row soaking up the sun. But these weren’t the usual rows of corn, soybeans and rice he farms on 10,000 acres of in Lonoke and Prairie counties. Instead, they were 8,455 photovoltaic panels in neat array, expected to provide 90% of the electricity needed by Kittler Farms, which had an electric bill north of $400,000 last year.
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