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 ...

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 ...

Integrating both irrigation and tile drainage results in higher yields, water efficiency, improved soils and less nutrient ...

Well, folks, I’d like first to apologize. When I wrote about the lingering drought last time, I had no idea it would then rain every single day for two weeks! I think we can officially call 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 ...

WILLMAR -- New methods of draining water from farm fields are being implemented in Kandiyohi County in an attempt to reduce sediment and pollutants from getting into lakes and streams. The ...

Christian Luedtke, a researcher at Michigan State University, demonstrates a prototype of a tile robot. (Screen capture from Iowa Learning Farms via Iowa Capital Dispatch) Buy Photo The Gazette offers ...

Tile drainage systems play an essential role in modern agricultural management by facilitating the removal of excess water from soils, thereby enhancing crop production and mitigating waterlogging ...

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 ...

BUXTON, N.D. -- Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. of Hilliard, Ohio, fired up the first new drainage pipe manufacturing plant in the central Red River Valley in mid-March. Drain tile installation has ...

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 ...