2024 is not expected to be a good year for farms, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasting a 25% downturn in profits.But some farmers in Iowa have planted something new in the ground to offset their losses: wind turbines. Evie Haupt, 75, has three of them working the land year-round on her 160-acre farm in Central Iowa. She says the turbines bring in about $35,000 per year, which increases each year with inflation.
Attorney Kathy Law, both a daughter and wife of farmers, has helped place almost half of the wind turbines in Iowa. 'From my farm background, I think I can talk their talk and have conversations with landowners that are interested in having wind turbines on their property,' Law said.Law wanted to become a lawyer in high school, but the 1980s farm crisis kept her home.