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.

Scientists have developed a new edge-of-field water-treatment system that reduces the load of excess nutrients washing into waterways from farm drainage systems. Their method combines a woodchip ...

The research team, led by Illinois Sustainable Technology Center research scientist Wei Zheng, left, and ISTC postdoctoral researcher Hongxu Zhou, added a “designer biochar” water-treatment component ...

A promising linkage of farm drainage tile and nutrient-filtering wetlands needs to be tested before it is expanded, an Iowa Policy Project researcher said today. “It is my sense that, yes, the two can ...

Subsurface drainage, commonly known as ag tile systems, is an important part of agricultural systems in north central Iowa. A drainage workshop planned for March 16 at the Hancock County Extension ...

A Jefferson County Farm Drainage Board meeting became heated when several landowners addressed the Board with grievances regarding their property.

Whether you have noticed water pooling on your driveway, regularly have a waterlogged garden come the rainier seasons or are in the process of re-landscaping your home, you really should be thinking ...