Drainage pays long-term -- overview

Eileen Kladivko Purdue University
Jan 19, 2023
Jan 19, 2023

Drainage for the long haul. — Subsurface 'tile' drainage is an essential agricultural water-management practice on naturally poorly drained soils throughout much of the Midwest.
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Eileen Kladivko Purdue University

Subsurface “tile” drainage is an essential agricultural water-management practice on naturally poorly drained soils throughout much of the Midwest. Purdue University has conducted a long-term 35-year drainage-research study at the Southeast Purdue Agricultural Center on high-silt, low-organic-matter, poorly structured soils that were not typically tile-drained prior to the 1980s.

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