AMES, Iowa – Massive networks of drains, pipes and tiles that enable food production on much of the world’s most productive cropland are due for expansion and replacement to meet the demands of ...

The sight of the first snow on the horizon of Bill Wiley’s 500-acre farm in Shelby County, Ohio, is a welcome relief. The 2024 growing season has been incredibly dry. “We are about eight inches behind ...

AMES, Iowa - Massive networks of drains, pipes and tiles that enable food production on much of the world's most productive cropland are due for expansion and replacement to meet the demands of ...

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 ...

Tile drainage is a system of pipes installed below ground to remove excess water from farmland soil. Just as irrigation is often necessary to deliver water to soil and crops, drainage is important in ...

MANKATO — Farm drainage ditch systems are usually under the purview of county governments, but Mankato asked for and received ownership of a ditch system. Blue Earth County commissioners Tuesday ...

Pipe maker Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. is buying Illinois-based River Valley Pipe LLC to expand in the stormwater and agriculture markets in the Midwest. Terms were not disclosed but publicly ...

Yet today, outside of farming circles, the mere existence of field drainage seems largely unknown, while many of those in the ...