Ag tile drainage also increases the concentration of nitrates, the principal corn fertilizer, in lakes and streams, with adverse effects on aquatic life and potentially adverse effects on human health ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- Farmers who were left waiting for field drainage tile in 2011 may be getting a wish fulfilled for the new year -- a second tile manufacturer in the Red River Valley. James "Jamie" ...

MOORHEAD -- Farmers who were left waiting for field drainage tile in 2011 may be getting a wish fulfilled for the new year -- a second tile manufacturer in the Red River Valley. Prinsco Inc., one of ...

If you walk along a stream in an agricultural area it is not unusual to encounter pipes discharging water directly into it. These pipes are attached to drain systems that farmers use to lower the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Farmers should be on the lookout for roots and sediment clogging their tile drains this year, a Purdue University soil physics specialist advises. Many of the roots are believed ...

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, area farmers and other ...

A drainage design workshop will be Feb. 27 and 28 at the Best Western Ramkota in Aberdeen. The event is a collaborative effort of the South Dakota State University, North Dakota State University and ...

AgweekTV Full Show: House Ag leadership, Three Farm Daughters, drain tile, December WASDE AgweekTV this week looks at the House Ag Committee's new leadership and the reaction to it, a new food company ...