Farming land at Culcairn is "too valuable and too reliable" to be used for solar farms, according to Stephen Feuerherdt.
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The Culcairn farmer's land, which has been in his family for more than 100 years, neighbours the proposed Neoen 400 megawatt solar farm and believes if it goes ahead it will damage the future of agriculture in the area.
"We are able to produce a lot of fodder and this part of farm land is very reliable," Mr Feuerherdt said.
"Even with very limited rain fall and hot dry conditions during this drought we have been able to produce a lot of food.
"And more recently we have been able to produce a lot of hay, which has been an above average yield this year, and has been trucked up to fire-affected areas in the north.
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"That has to count for something when the proposal is aiming to take away that land around us."
Mr Feuerherdt has three sons and said the future of farming is going to get "harder and harder".
"I am not against solar, but do we want power or food," he said.
"That is what it comes down to and it is pretty sad for the next generation if there aren't valuable farms around.
"My boys are keen to diversify the farm and buy more land but if the solar goes ahead that is going to become harder to get and less likely the next generation will continue on.
"Land around here is already worth a lot and that is going to make it harder for the next generation of farmers.
"Where is our food going to come from?"
The proposed solar farm will take up approximately 1350 hectares which will be "lost to cropping" if it goes ahead.
"You can't grow crops on that really fertile land for 30 years and maybe 30 years after that," Mr Feuerherdt said.
"That is what I am really worried about."