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Upstream-Downstream Drainage Issues
2013-01-17 18:23:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
New ag drainage thinking restored a public ditch and unified landowners. Theres an old adage in drainage lore: Whiskeys for drinkin; waters for fightin! Upstream and downstream farmers along 100-year-old County Ditch 57 in Blue Earth County, in heavily tiled south-central Minnesota, started out at loggerheads over ditch improvements. But they ended up working together to improve both drainage capacity and water quality thanks to innovative drainage methods and a determined fundraising effort by local leaders. read more
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Category:Agriculture and Forestry