Last Sunday I published on these pages a column about farmland drainage and specifically about pattern tiling, which has become commonplace throughout Minnesota in recent decades to the detriment, I ...

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MOORHEAD, Minn. -- With land values increasing, more farmers are paying the expenses for tile-draining land that they rent, says Dwight Aakre, one of the speakers at the Northwest Minnesota Region Ag ...

Tile drainage is a system of pipes installed below ground to remove excess water from farmland soil. Just as irrigation is often necessary to deliver water to soil and crops, drainage is important in ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: For more information on the research this article was based on, visit the Journal of Soil and Water Conservation online, at this link to the article ...

MOORHEAD, Minn.-Farmer Scott Gillespie of Johnson, near the headwaters of the Red River in far western Minnesota, said farmers can't just do it by themselves in trying to control flooding in the ...

There’s not much doubt that Osage’s Dallas Kuper is a man with a plan. The former Osage High School wrestling standout and 2008 graduate of Iowa State University has started a new local business ...