Post-Bulletin

Field day focuses on alternative drainage

GRAND MEADOW, Minn. — Boe Brothers Tiling gently laid soil atop a water gate and tile, being sure to get the tile flat. As they worked, about 20 people stood beside the hole, watching the installation ...
AG Week

AgweekTV: Field Tiling

A wet field can cost a farmer time and money. But tiling has become a popular way to solve that problem. Field Drainage Inc. has been tiling fields in the Red River Valley for four decades and has ...
AG Week

Tile drainage still makes sense, supporters say

GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Garth Kruger is taking the long view on tile drainage, aka "agricultural subsurface drainage" and "subsurface water management." Though tile drainage might not make great financial ...
inforum

Taking a long-term view supporters say tile drainage still makes sense

GRAND FORKS - Garth Kruger is taking the long view on tile drainage, aka "agricultural subsurface drainage" and "subsurface water management." Though tile drainage might not make great financial sense ...
AgWeb

Precision Field Drainage

In many areas, the words “drainage” and “tile” are synonymous. But for farmers such as Leon Wendte—a retired soil conservationist who farms with his brother Roy in south-central Illinois near Altamont ...
Grand Forks Herald

Drainage design: 'Controlled' field drains being adapted in Red River Valley

WAHPETON, N.D. -- All right, so you're installing tile drainage to improve yields on your farm. Now you might want to think about adding tools for drainage water management, said Gary Sands, an ...
The Gazette

Increase of drainage tile fuels nutrient pollution

Doug Doughty feeds his livestock June 2 in Livingston County, Mo. In addition to his 1,200-acre crop operation, Doughty owns roughly 20 cattle, two horses and a collection of farm cats and dogs. He ...
inforum

Tile drainage growing by the foot in valley

BUXTON, N.D. - Thousands of miles of plastic pipe are being buried under farm fields every year in the Red River Valley, as farmers invest in technology to drain fields to get a faster start on ...
Nature

Tile Drainage and Water Flow Dynamics in Agricultural Fields

Tile drainage systems play an essential role in modern agricultural management by facilitating the removal of excess water from soils, thereby enhancing crop production and mitigating waterlogging ...
Grand Forks Herald

Regulations, knowledge of drain tiles catching up with popularity

BUXTON, N.D. - Thousands of miles of plastic pipe are being buried under farm fields every year in the Red River Valley, as farmers invest in technology to drain fields to get a faster start on ...
Purdue University

DPAC field day to focus on drainage and water management

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - After an unusually rainy spring, farmers will have an opportunity to learn more about drainage water management during the Drainage Field Day, June 7-8 at the Davis Purdue ...