FARGO, N.D. -- Activity in field tile drainage in the Red River Valley is up from last year -- again, industry officials say. "One guy told me that in this Red River Valley he's always six weeks from ...

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 ...

Tiling in Wisconsin is especially beneficial during years with high precipitation. But it may cause other unintended impacts.

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 ...

Drainage tile is one of the few infrastructure moves that qualifies as an “offensive play” in an otherwise defensive year for on-farm investments, ag economists say. Leading agricultural economists ...

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 ...

Christian Luedtke, a researcher at Michigan State University, demonstrates a prototype of a tile robot. (Screen capture from Iowa Learning Farms via Iowa Capital Dispatch) Buy Photo The Gazette offers ...

Many farmers are investing in drainage to add value to land that has increased in value. Johnson says commercial installers often get preference from the company, and he suggested that some farmers ...

Farmers who want to place drain tile under their land would no longer need a permit under a proposal under consideration by the Minnehaha County Commission. If the new ordinance is approved on Tuesday ...

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 ...