DRAINAGE
STAFF BLOG AG RIGHT 'Tile drainage' out, 'water management' in?
Tile drainage seems to confuse a lot of people outside agriculture. In my experience, some folks use it to describe all field drainage, when in fact it's a specific type of drainage. I've tried to exp...
Posted on 2/28/12 at 11:54 AM
Easing wetland designation backlog
WEST FARGO, N.D. — The head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service promised by September to come up with a just solution for wetland determination backlogs when he spoke to farmers on May 1 at the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in Fargo, N.D.
By Mikkel Pates , May 01, 2012
Drainage and diversion practices
BISMARCK, N.D. — It appears that Punxsutawney Phil was mistaken, and an early spring has arrived in North Dakota. Along with the arrival of spring, is the arrival of spring showers (and in most years, snow melt) which leads to fields and pastures full of puddles, ponds, streams and sloughs. As a landowner, it is important to understand your rights and responsibilities with regard to those puddles, ponds, streams and sloughs.
By Derrick Braaten , April 02, 2012
Drainage design
WAHPETON, N.D. — All right, so you’re installing tile drainage to improve yields on your farm. Now you might want to think about adding tools for drainage water management.
By Mikkel Pates , February 27, 2012
Mini Devils Lake?
DAZEY, N.D. — Jim and Pat Broten are living with a “mini-Devils Lake,” a progressive, rising threat to everybody in Lake Township.
By Mikkel Pates , February 06, 2012
Making pipe: It all begins with plastic flakes
Making pipe for agricultural drainage is a multi-step process that begins with plastic flakes.
By Mikkel Pates , December 27, 2011
Gold-striped: New ag tile maker to open in Red River Valley
Farmers who were left waiting for field drainage tile in 2011 may be getting a wish fulfilled for the new year — a second tile manufacturer in the Red River Valley.
By Mikkel Pates , December 27, 2011
Field tile in Red River Valley could solve flood, salt issues
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota state Sen. Larry Luick, R-Fairmount, wants to help solve spring Red River flooding, save road infrastructure, improve land productivity in one fell swoop.
How? Increase field tiling.
By Mikkel Pates , February 08, 2011
Discharge of manure from NDSU barn may have killed fish
Authorities are investigating an accidental discharge of manure at a North Dakota State University dairy barn that may have caused a fish kill in a nearby drainage ditch.
By Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service , July 28, 2010
Valley tile drainage rises with moisture
FARGO, N.D. — Activity in field tile drainage in the Red River Valley is up from last year — again, industry officials say.
By Mikkel Pates , May 17, 2010
Judge rejects appeal in N.D. drainage case
A federal judge has rejected the latest appeal of Alvin Peterson, the retired Lawton, N.D., farmer, who has been fighting the federal government for years over his drainage of wetlands.
By Stephen J. Lee , March 02, 2010
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