Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful ...

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.

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 ...

MANKATO, Minn.—Seth Greenwood has watched parts of Seven Mile Creek County Park between Mankato and St. Peter disappear. ” The Minnesota River is eating the bank away,” said the Nicollet County public ...

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 ...

Join the 28,000 people who count on Daily Digger for local news. Delivered Monday-Saturday mornings. The Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets has filed a final update to farm water quality rules ...

After nearly two decades of wet fields and reduced yields, tile drainage appeals to a growing number of area farmers. Tile drainage was among the topics at the Northwest Farm Managers Association's ...

Vermont dairy farm fields. Photo by Terry J. Allen/VTDigger [A] legislative committee decided Thursday to postpone a vote on amending farm water quality rules following objections from environmental ...

Dwight Aakre can promise that tile drainage in the Red River Valley will pay for itself. Beyond that, his crystal ball is cloudy. The real question, he said, "Is how long will it take to pay it off? I ...

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a five-story series that will examine the slow progress being made on reducing harmful agricultural runoff from the Mississippi River basin, which causes a ...