Before the planter hits the soil, it’s time to scout your fields. Learn how to maintain drainage tile and prevent costly ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful ...

This week's observation is related to yield response to two management practices, tile drainage and no-till. We often hear these two practices being talked about together, for example, "If I install ...

When the Des Moines Lobe of the Wisconsin Glacier plowed into north-central Iowa 14,000 years ago, it left behind a landscape dotted with swamps, ponds and wetlands. Early settlers in that part of ...

Following the catastrophic floods of 2008, many fingers pointed toward agricultural drainage tile as a major contributor to the state's worst natural disaster. While the plumbing beneath 9 million ...