Do turbines negatively affect agriculture?
Absolutely not! Turbines actually have very little effect on land use. The average “footprint” of the turbine and accompanying access road is less than 1/3 acre, so farmers aren’t converting very much of their land for wind facility use. In fact, those access roads may give farmers better access to their fields, which makes it easier to harvest their crops. The electric power system between turbines is underground, which minimizes the impact even further. The American Corn Growers Foundation, in a nationwide survey of more than 500 corn producers, found that more than 93 percent of corn producers favor wind energy.
