The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. An increased use of agricultural drainage tile is one reason a 2025 deadline to reduce nitrate and ...

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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.

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 ...

I often think about how blessed I am to have worked on older homes long before I started building new ones. It provides me with a benchmark to judge modern building methods and products. Take the ...

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 explosion of new drain tile being dug into Minnesota’s farmlands should catch the eyes of conservationists and hunters, especially duck hunters and pheasant hunters. The regions of Minnesota most ...

DEAR TIM: My last house had a basement that leaked water. I’m building a new home and want my basement as dry as the Atacama Desert. I’m confident that my drain tile was not put in correctly at my ...

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 ...