Controlled drainage is a method of water management that involves use of control structures within a traditional, uncontrolled water management system. This enables water managers to exert some level of control over the rate at which water drains from their fields, thereby allowing them to retain water during periods of drought and help mitigate nutrient loss.
Read MoreDue to increasingly erratic weather and sparse or spotty rainfall, many farmers can’t rely on rain alone for their crops. Recently, weather patterns have leaned toward extremes, from heavy rainfall over the course of a day to periods of drought stretching one or two weeks.
Read MoreWe live in a world that is growing in population by hundreds of thousands daily. Our food demand is higher than it’s ever been. What fuels this?
Read MoreThere are moving parts to these questions. Thankfully for us, most of those parts and the questions that come with them were answered by a man named Hooghoudt in 1940.
Read MoreWe all know that rainfall totals throughout the Midwest this year were unprecedented. And we all know that lackluster commodities pricing hasn’t left as much at year end as in year’s past.
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