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.

As water management remains a key issue at the Kansas Statehouse, farmers across the state are taking matters into their own ...

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 ...

North Dakota State University Extension and University of Minnesota Extension will jointly host a drainage water management ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 LAFAYETTE, Ind. - After an unusually rainy spring, farmers will have an opportunity to learn more about drainage water management during the Drainage Field Day, June 7-8 at the Davis Purdue ...

WAHPETON, N.D. — Dustin Mumm on Dec. 4, 2020, watched a drain tile crew install subsurface drainage on a 400-acre field. He was as ecstatic as kid watching presents piling up under the tree. “I just ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University and the Indiana Land Improvement Contractors Association will sponsor a field day about field drainage on Sept. 24-25 at the Davis Purdue Ag Center, located 14 ...

It appears from the farmer's tax guide that field drainage tile is a sec. 179 deduction for 2010 and 2011. Does that include both the labor and materials cost? Is there a limit on the amount I can ...