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 ...

In many areas, the words “drainage” and “tile” are synonymous. But for farmers such as Leon Wendte—a retired soil conservationist who farms with his brother Roy in south-central Illinois near Altamont ...

It is indisputable that water runoff from field tile drainage contributes to flooding, and it may be a determinative factor in that regard because the amount of water in each watershed that flows from ...

WEST FARGO -- Tile drainage of farm fields has been cast as a villain that aggravates flooding in the Red River Valley, but also held out as a great hope for better managing runoff to minimize ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...