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ADS is an industry leader in drain tile manufacturing. The company was started in 1966 as Advance Drainage Systems Inc introduced corrugated field tile in the United States market in 1966.
FARGO, N.D. -- In a dry year, some farmers in the region are designing sub-surface tile drainage systems to use as sub-surface irrigation, and some soon will be able to control and monitor their ...
Ferrie has first-hand experience with gated tile systems, from a field-scale trial underway since 2015. “In 2016, we saw a 16% to 40% reduction in tile nitrate loss, depending on the depth and ...
Midwestern soils are among the most productive in the world, thanks in part to extensive tile drainage systems that remove ...
The tile systems remove the water so that crops’ roots can spread out and truly take hold in the ground, growing taller and stronger. In other words, without drainage tiles, Indiana couldn’t ...
Drainage tile, a system farmers use to drain water from croplands, is also a contributor to the historic loss of up to about 100 million acres of wetlands in the U.S., researchers say.
The plaintiffs directly challenged the exemption of tile drainage systems from CWA regulation via “return flows from irrigated water” on the basis that groundwater discharged from drainage ...
For many farmers, the math is simple. Tile costs about $1,850 to $3,700 per acre, an upfront investment that can increase annual crop yields by 5 to 25 percent.. Tile installers bury a system of ...
The Iowa Legislature in the 1870s encouraged tiling by authorizing counties to create quasi-governmental drainage districts to finance and regulate the construction of large-scale drainage systems.
A “drain tile” refers to a system of perforated pipes laid along the foundation, inside or outside. Also known as French drains or perimeter drains, these system channels water away from the home.