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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 ...

The product that started it all, Gary Vermeer's farm-wagon hoist. In 1951, the model 12 PTO trencher, designed to install farm drainage tile, launched Vermeer in the trencher business. In the early ...

HERMAN, Minn. - Many farmers installed farm drainage tile this fall. Trevor Schiele can attest to that. He works for New Horizons in Herman, which purchased Miles Tiling. Schiele's crews have worked ...

Minnesota’s farmlands are being drain-tiled at a breakneck pace, prompting an often sharp debate that pits better crop yields against runoff and water-quality concerns. To understand how quickly tile ...

What options, if any, are there to depreciate farm land drainage tile? Answer: Merrill - Thank you for your question. My answer gives general information based on what you have provided. As you review ...

MOORHEAD, Minn.-Farmer Scott Gillespie of Johnson, near the headwaters of the Red River in far western Minnesota, said farmers can't just do it by themselves in trying to control flooding in the ...

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 ...

Brad Thykeson first installed tile drainage in 2009. The Portland, N.D., farmer is quick to say he hasn't become an expert since then -- but he's learned enough to offer a few pointers to other area ...

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 ...