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Farmers try controlled drainage to keep water, nutrients in place

2015-05-18 22:51:00| Corn & Soybean Digest

Imagine a controlled water system that could take away 67% of your yield risk. "I can't make it rain, but I can do my best to capture and keep what I have to use it for my crops," says Arliss Nielsen, a Wright County, Iowa, no-tiller. This year he took the unusual step of venturing into controlled drainage. read more

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