Dwight Aakre can promise that tile drainage in the Red River Valley will pay for itself. Beyond that, his crystal ball is cloudy. The real question, he said, "Is how long will it take to pay it off? I ...

The explosion of new drain tile being dug into Minnesota’s farmlands should catch the eyes of conservationists and hunters, especially duck hunters and pheasant hunters. The regions of Minnesota most ...

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful agricultural runoff from the Mississippi River basin, which causes a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

URBANA – Tile drainage in the Mississippi Basin is one of the great advances of the 19th and 20th centuries, allowing highly productive agriculture in what was once land too wet to farm. In fact, ...

Drainage tiles about 4 feet below the ground surface are used throughout the Midwest to drain soils that are seasonally to perennially wet. They enable earlier planting, improve soil aeration and ...

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 ...