FARGO, N.D. -- The region's biggest franchise in independent crop consulting is diversifying into field drainage tile installation. Centrol of Twin Valley, Minn., now describes itself as the region's ...

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.

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 ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Counterintuitive as it may seem, farm fields with the best tile drainage systems generally produced the highest yields during last year's drought, Iowa farmers and other ...

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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 ...