The Supreme Court of Vermont (“Supreme Court”) in a May 24th opinion addressed issues stemming from a dairy farm’s installation of a drain tile system that discharged water into a streambed and lake ...

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.

As water management remains a key issue at the Kansas Statehouse, farmers across the state are taking matters into their own ...

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 ...

Researchers from Iowa State University have partnered with Michigan State University to develop a robot that would detect nitrates and monitor tile health to help farmers keep their land productive.

If you have excessive moisture entering your basement through the walls or floor, it’s likely a groundwater issue. The first step in remedying this situation should be examining your gutters, ...

Waterproofing your basement involves a lot more than simply painting a waterproofing product on your basement walls. And a truly waterproofed basement, that includes a drain tile system and a sump ...

Tile drainage in the Mississippi Basin is one of the great advances of the 19th and 20th centuries, allowing highly productive agriculture in what was once land too wet to farm. In fact, installation ...

Counterintuitive as it may seem, farm fields with the best tile drainage systems generally produced the highest yields during last year's drought, area farmers and other experts say. “I saw that right ...

WEST SALEM — Matthew Lynch may not farm the best soil in Illinois. But he’s doing what he can to preserve it. He is an active participant in conservation practices that he said he hopes will keep his ...