Eileen Kladivko
Purdue University
Drainage pays! Editor’s note: This is part 3 of Purdue University’s report regarding its long-term drainage-experiment insights on crop yield, cover-crop growth, soil improvement, water flow and chemical transport. An overview of the experiment was published in the Jan. 19 issue of Agri-View, part 1 was published in the Jan. 26 issue of Agri-View and part 2 was published in the Feb. 2 issue of Agri-View.
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Eileen Kladivko
Eileen Kladivko is a Purdue University agronomy professor. Visit ag.purdue.edu/department/agry/ for more information.
Measurement conversion
- 5 meters = 16 feet
- 10 meters = 33 feet
- 20 meters = 66 feet
- 40 meters = 133 feet
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