CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Counterintuitive as it may seem, farm fields with the best tile drainage systems generally produced the highest yields during last year's drought, Iowa farmers and other ...

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 ...

Minnesota farm groups are pushing back against calls for tighter oversight of underground drainage tile as environmental advocates warn of nitrate pollution and erosion risks.

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WAHPETON, N.D. — Dustin Mumm on Dec. 4, 2020, watched a drain tile crew install subsurface drainage on a 400-acre field. He was as ecstatic as kid watching presents piling up under the tree. “I just ...

MITCHELL, S.D. -- With record-setting rain totals in several areas, South Dakota farmers have started looking to a familiar solution to avoid flooding in the future. After a rainy summer and fall, ...

Brian Carlson grew up familiar with Iowa agriculture as his father and grandfather farmed in Benton County. Carlson, who farms corn and soybeans just south of Garrison, remembers his grandfather ...

North Dakota State University Extension and University of Minnesota Extension will jointly host a drainage water management ...

BUXTON, N.D. -- On Dec. 15, Ross Johnson of Mayville, N.D., showed a visitor around a 10-year-old building he's bought that soon will contain businesses related to field tiling. Originally, this was ...