The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. An increased use of agricultural drainage tile is one reason a 2025 deadline to reduce nitrate and ...

Midwestern soils are among the most productive in the world, thanks in part to extensive tile drainage systems that remove excess water from crop fields. But water isn't the only thing flowing through ...

Brad Thykeson first installed tile drainage in 2009. The Portland, N.D., farmer is quick to say he hasn't become an expert since then -- but he's learned enough to offer a few pointers to other area ...

WEST FARGO -- Tile drainage of farm fields has been cast as a villain that aggravates flooding in the Red River Valley, but also held out as a great hope for better managing runoff to minimize ...