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 ...

MAYVILLE, N.D. - Field drainage seems like an old story in the Red River Valley, but until recently, it's been mostly "surface" drainage. In the past few years - especially the past two - there's been ...

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 ...

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 ...

FARGO, N.D. -- Government policies -- one state and one federal -- are starting to make it more difficult to receive drain tile permits in the Red River Valley and the rest of North Dakota. Max Fuxa, ...

FOND DU LAC COUNTY (WLUK) -- Northeast Wisconsin farmers are increasingly installing drain tiles in their fields to mitigate loss from major rainfall and help crops grow deeper. They're called tiles ...