In New Jersey, cows named Blossom, Misty and Flurry graze beneath solar panels as scientists test whether one field can produce both food and clean energy

• In New Jersey, farmland is helping researchers explore whether livestock farming and solar power can successfully share the same land.
• At the centre of the project is a small herd of beef cattle grazing among rows of vertical solar panels, which have been installed without replacing the grass beneath them.
• While the cows continue their normal routines of feeding, resting and moving around the field, scientists are monitoring how the panels affect both the animals and the farm field.