Yahoo

‘We should have a sense of urgency’ as farm drainage tile drives nutrient pollution

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful agricultural runoff from the Mississippi River basin, which causes a ...
inforum

Field drainage affects Red River Valley flooding, new study shows

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

Tile drainage still makes sense, supporters say

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 ...
The Gazette

Increase of drainage tile fuels nutrient pollution

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 ...
inforum

Tile drainage growing by the foot in valley

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 ...
AG Week

Regulations, knowledge of drain tiles catching up with popularity

BUXTON, N.D. -- Thousands of miles of plastic pipe are being buried under farm fields every year in the Red River Valley of North Dakota and Minnesota, as farmers invest in technology to drain fields ...
Des Moines Register

ISU professors developing tile-crawling robots to pinpoint farm field nitrate loss

Researchers from Iowa State University have partnered with Michigan State University to develop a robot that can detect nitrates and monitor the condition of drainage tiles to help farmers better ...
Mankato Free Press

Special Report, Day 1: Farming flourishes with drainage

Farm drainage is a relatively straightforward process. Farmers bury a series of underground tile lines in their fields with the tile emptying into the open ditches that people are accustomed to seeing ...
The Gazette

Curious Iowa: What’s the purpose of field tiling?

Experts say that the majority of the state's field have a drain tile system to help remove soil moisture, but it can come at ...
VTDigger

Agency of Agriculture finalizes farm drainage rules

Join the 28,000 people who count on Daily Digger for local news. Delivered Monday-Saturday mornings. The Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets has filed a final update to farm water quality rules ...
Post-Bulletin

Gorans Discovery Farm project is unique study of farm, city drainage

Kim Gorans, center, president of Gorans Brothers Farms, his cropping manager, Nick Bjornberg, right, and Gorans' neighbor, Allan Bjornberg, were among those bringing insight to the data and ...