Gov. Mark Dayton's reluctant decision last week to exclude private ditches from buffer strip mapping was an obvious setback to his hard-fought 2015 water-quality law. But the head of Minnesota's Board ...

As one travels across Defiance County, it becomes quite obvious how important drainage is, not only for farm ground but for homes and businesses as well. With our nearly-level topography and heavy ...

In many areas, the words “drainage” and “tile” are synonymous. But for farmers such as Leon Wendte—a retired soil conservationist who farms with his brother Roy in south-central Illinois near Altamont ...