Unregulated Farm Tiling Puts State's Waters at Risk
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Last week the Star Tribune published and article by Dennis Anderson titled " Unregulated Farm Tiling Puts State's Waters at Risk". The article was sanctimonious and incorrect. It didn't include any factual evidence or scientific research. Here's my rebuttal to the irritating published opinion.
I'd like to point out that I don't fault anyone for not understanding what we do in rural Minnesota and on America's farms. Most people in this country go to work and take care of their families every day without having to worry about safe food and a clean environment. My issue is with a journalist attempting to sway opinions about something he clearly doesn't understand, and clearly didn't research.
Here is a link to the article:
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Check out this drain tile video Randy and I made last fall:
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I can't stress enough that if farmers believed they were hurting our natural resources through drain tile, we wouldn't choose to use it. I would love for Dennis to contact me and come join us on a pattern tiling job this next summer. I'd like to point out that I don't fault anyone for not understanding what we do in rural Minnesota and on America's farms. Most people in this country go to work and take care of their families every day without having to worry about safe food and a clean environment. My issue is with a journalist attempting to sway opinions about something he clearly doesn't understand, and clearly didn't research.
MN Millennial Farmer YES!... good to see atleast one person with their head not in their ass!! (Seems to be rare now).... have a wonderful day and thanks for being a voice for us farmers
Scariest words ever spoken "I'm from the government and I'm here to help" - Ronald Reagan
Zach, isn't that what "journalist" do today, the inernet and any social media does? I am not going to get too political here, but that is what they are doing to sway folks. I doubt they would ever write a rebuttal. Also, do you think Hunters would go a long with this? Hunters need farmers, so any of these hunting groups would probably side and help you. EXPOSE this mess. Again, go to the news, go to your local gov officials so they keep rolling this shit UP HILL....... Then keep going. Embarrass these idiots, sounds like with the permit process there is already something in place and "someone" and "others" want a job to do something that is again uneeded.
While he’s up here, he can come check out the 20+ acres we’re losing to a waterway this year
Facts don’t matter to these liberal leaches.... its all about control period....
Sad part is people non farmers believe what is printed ina paper!! Glad you are confronting the issue!!
My father alway said there is no bigger environmentalist then a Farmer because a farmer is always Trying to improve there land. Farmers are The true environmentalist. Great video!
Good job. When farmers speak up, good things happen.
2 years passed and I'm still like
"Man, f*** Dennis Andersson!"
Pollution from nutrient loss occurs with surface runoff and erosion. Proper tiling reduces surface runoff and erosion. Simply put, tiling reduces waterway pollution from soil nutrient loss.
Maybe Dennis should look at the storm drains in front of his house first. If he wants farmers to stop tiling then cities should stop putting in storm drains.
N and P are washed directly into the rivers from impervious surfaces and over-fertilizer lawns but let's not talk about that!
MN Millennial Farmer city folk would never over fertilize their lawn. LoL
I’m sure he looks at the storm drain, when he pours the oil from his lawn mower down it!
Don’t forget about the millions of tons of salt that is put on the roadways each winter that runs directly into the streams ditches and rivers. Or isn’t salt going to do any damage
Plug all the drains on his street. I'm sure no harm was done to the environment when his subdivision/house was built
Do the Erin Brockovich water bottle thing when you meet up with Dennis. Give him a bottle of Minneapolis city street water runoff , and a bottle of your tile water......hmmmmm I know what I would drink
You couldn't be more right, we're dealing with some of the same issues with our local townships.
Very educated rant. Which is very rare. I nominate you two to tell the story and inform the public. Facts with grit. A good combo.
As a farmer I got great enjoyment out of this video. Well done MN Millennial Farmer. In todays society it is so important that we as farmers have a voice and this is a step in that direction.
I just watched this video and then went back and watched Installing Farm Drain Tile to Prevent Erosion (Dec 8, 2017). The general idea is really quite simple for a non-farmer like myself. It seems like a pretty straight forward approach to dealing with water runoff, preventing loss of topsoil, and creating clean water downstream. Well done.
Media is so full of BS... most of it is based upon emotion and opinion, and very little sources stating where the facts come from. I try to use land efficiently and while at the same time respecting mother nature. If relying on government for the answer, might as well as just call it quits at that point.
Take everything with a grain of salt, doesn't matter what news branch it may be.
I can't disagree. They need to create hype and friction between people in order to keep them watching/reading/listening.
Government wants to know your every move so they can figure out how to make a dime from it!
Good for you. Stand up for what you think
i wish my dad was alive to let him hear this because he spent a lot of money on tile before he died and knew the benefits thank you for this video and he was truly a stewart of the land and water
Thumbs up to you fella.. to many people today can't understand that we the Farmer, are trying to be the best land stewards of the land. you both explain it well. make this go viral...
Very well said! Thanks for being a great advocate for agriculture and farm drainage. I had a university professor threaten me on a tile job and we provided the same points you were trying to get across to Dennis. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t force it to take a drink.
That was a little harsh? You should have done more. Im 16 and I even understand that us farmers are not out to harm the environment. You should take that writer on a feild trip a show him the truth. Keep up the good work
I'm from Ontario Canada and we deal with the same bs here to. A lot of know it all people that have never farmed or have even step foot on a farm dictating what should be done. You put it the best. There is no person more concerned about waterways, soil management and the environment then a farmer.
I hate when people think they know everything when honestly. They don't know anything about the topic. They should really educate themselves before they tell the world about their beliefs. Tiling is a great thing for the environment. It costs alot of money and we don't just dump money in the ground to "pollute" or "poision people" or "drench" our crops in pesticides. All things that we do cost alot of money and we want to save as much money as possible to make our bottom line better and tiling is a thing that makes are bottom line better. I'm going to tweet this to Dennis and I hope others do too
Anderson Farms I know there's been a few already!
This article is a definition of "FAKE NEWS"
The problem isn’t that they don’t research the issue it’s that they don’t believe the stuff that proves them wrong
Gell-Mann amnesia effect
How is tiling a great thing for the environment?
Excellent video! Thanks for sharing your very important perspective. I used to work in the drain tile industry, you guys are 100% correct! I hope Dennis and governor goofy have the chance to see this video... I think you should email it to them!
Dave W it's been sent to them on Twitter!
He needs to watch AG PHD on RFDTv. They talk about drainage tile and how it helps the environment and farms do not hurt the soil.
That's where I learned some of my stuff!
Thanks for the recommendation. Between MF, other farm UA-camrs, and the LCN, even us city slickers are learning more about Ag, our own (small) land/soil, and being able to share with our neighbors. You guys are doing great things with these channels, educating Americans directly. We don’t need the media anymore when we get it from the users/source.
I just learned this and figured i would share it, the amount of water absorbed into the soil (sponge effect) is the "abstracted rainfall". Rainfall that exceeds the abstracted amount are "run-off". Those will be key terms in any legitimate publications. Love the channel. Cheers
Too many idiots with pens or access to a website. Glad to see you fight back against this idiots comments on drainage tiles. Worked years in environmental remediation and could not believe the amount of ignorance on the part of many people who are supposed to regulate our environment. Amazed at the amount of comments on your site.
I'm just as amazed as you are!
Has Dennis ever sampled the water coming off of his Golf Course? Has anyone ever seen a map of where in MN the mojority of the water samples that are contaminated show up. Spoiler alert, it's far less in rural MN than around the Metropolitan area.
Scott, if you have any interesting data about that, please Email it to me. I'd be interested in checking that out. Thanks!
How Government works; 1. Governor (father-in-law) creates new State agency with 7-person committee to control farm tiling 2. Governor appoints new commissioner (son-in-law) with 6 figure salary 3. Commissioner appoints 6 committee members with 6 figure salaries (father, uncle, brother, sister, cousin and girlfriend, just friends you understand). After one year of HARD work by committee only result is; Moose hunting season is extended.
just like most of us normal farmers, leaning on the weight set,drinking a few beers and chatting among friends. Dennis, eat your heart out!!!
We have 2 fields across the road from each other, same flat black sable soil. North side of road is pattern tiled, and the south side of the road is not. Guess which one requires more potassium year after year? The one that ISNT tiled.
Thank you for your message, dirt preacher! I’m a suburban kid and you’ve helped explain farming in a positive way. Thanks, man!
Got a comment on how harsh your response was .
Nowhere near harsh enough these CITIDIOT tree huggers and other environmental activist take someone else's flight of fancy projected as fact and run with it.
Excellent point on who is most affected by the farmers actions. I have been using that line for at least 35 years and I never get a response other than a blank look .
GO GET,EM Tiger. Love the beer breaks too. Watched a second time just to join you guys on the beer breaks. LOL
As a farmer myself, you did a great job explaining this, and calling a people who have no clue what they're talking about. From a farmer to a farmer, thank you.
Isaac Reineke just doing what I can!!
@@MillennialFarmerI see you've funded a trap shooting range for young people in your area. I applaud that. Our southern Minnesota community also has a very active shooting team. However, you won't see many out hunting. At least in Minnesota. Those who actually hunt, go out to the Dakotas. Intensive agriculture, yes tiling, has changed the wildlife landscape for the sportsman. Dennis Anderson has championed the Minnesota sportsman for decades. And Minnesota is a state of sportsmen. I respect what you do, but Dennis has been a fair and necessary voice for our resources for years. Give him a break. He's merely trying to hold on to a piece of Minnesota that is nearly gone.
One of your best Videos, keep after the writer, you are in the right for how you feel!! Majority of the population do not understand farming let alone what a Drain Tile does and it’s purpose!!
Excellent rebuttal!!!
Thank You a 1000 times THANK YOU!!! This is what we Americans have been fighting for decades. That sort of propaganda actually wins way too often and needs to be stopped, so Keep Your Voice Raised and Shut The Liars Down!!
It was quite entertaining to see you get riled up. More of this please, for us non farmers who are interested in agriculture and wanting to know more about where our food comes from.
This is actually sort of what I originally intended for this channel, but it doesn't seem very entertaining to me. It's definitely generated some response though, so I may have to do more of this! Thanks!
I'm good with interesting, educational or entertaining videos.
...pauses for beer...
I learned something today.
@@MillennialFarmerhey u better add a few more weights to that jd looks alittle light😂, great content my dude 👌 👍
Great rant ! Water drainage and runoff my one of our biggest challenges .
Zach my family and I have been mad about this article too. Nice job getting the facts out there. Kind of goofy that glen taylor owns the star tribune and he owns over 5000 acres of farm land - most of which I’m sure is tiled.
Alex L it's nuts. And the Star Tribune has been anti-ag forever
I have to admit, after watching your video, I learned more about the BENEFIT of tiling today than I've ever known before. Keep after 'em Zach and "tile guy".
Dale Braun That's an awesome compliment, thanks!
Man I just love it when these assholes who have never even stood in a field think that they know everything and that its their responsibility to make the big decisions! Its all these "big shots" that are going to keep making farming difficult and they dont even seem to care that they're literally alive because of farmers. Most of them wouldn't last 1 day on the farm. I'm entirely with you Zach, how can people think that farmers don't care about their land!? I'm loving these videos, you show a side of farming that most people would have never seen.
That's an awesome compliment, thanks!
I remember growing up that feilds used to be dotted with natural holding ponds. We called them sloughs. I think for speed, convince and profit bigger farmers drained them. Now we have rivers and streams that flood and erode more every year. I'm not a tree hugger. I just call it like it is. I grew up farming and I love farming.
Maybe someone should tell this guy he should write an article on the amount of rain fall that ends up in rivers and streams from the city..... shopping mall parking lots.... streets....roofs of large buildings... etc... vs farm land which is better for the environment???? Hmmmm I wonder
Great video, Zach. When they come out, which I doubt they would, offer them a drink from the tile outlet!! LOL!! One thing we found was most of our tight clay soils, after one year of being tiled, would turn mellow and much easier to work.
I think this muppet should get out of his air conditioned office and see what you boys do every day. Then he can see how hard today’s farming is and then he might understand what’s going on in the real world. Keep the hard work, great video.
I am a "city person" and you changed my mind about a lot of issues including this one. Keep up the great work with your channel. I will not be surprised if your viewership numbers overtake the Star Tribune's readership numbers by the end of 2019.
Thank you Pete!
Pretty sure half our legislators think farmers use ceramic floor tile to channel surface water to drainage ditches.
I'm a farmer in the UK and it's exactly the same here! You get idiots spouting complete rubbish and non farming folk just accept it without question and all of a sudden one 'expert' becomes ten! Very frustrating but you can't fix stupid... Love the channel by the way, only recently found it so been binge watching your old videos. So interesting to learn how you guys farm compared to how we do it here. Needs to seriously dry out here before we can get any spring crop in the ground, we are about a month behind due to weather...
Andy7798 I hope the weather turns for us both, it's snowing like crazy here today.
It is sad seeing farmers lose the trust of the public to idiots who right these bogus articles. When I tell a non farmers (even someone who lives in rural America) that I grow gmos and raise dairy cows I am judged as being a bad person instantly.
Here in eastern Canada along the along the Maine USA border we have a very thin layer of topsoil with gravel ledge and clay underneath it's full of hills springs and pockets that require tile and some terracing to be workable and stop erosion every farm is now required to have agri-environmental risk management assessments or environmental farm plans I'd love to see another post from you on the outcome lol
Yet again more city people that have to clue what farmers do/know.
So what I spent a lot of time on my great grandma father's farm you feed us I have been watching you and how farms work it takes a lot of work and the money you guys spend a ton of money to keep your dirt where it belongs I am positive if it's bad you guys are the backbone of the USA so keep up the good screw that ahole
Yes
Yup
Thanks for utilizing your platform to address this issue and rebuke his slanderous misinformation. Some others would have just read his false statements, called him an idiot, and moved on but this would allow Dennis Anderson and his baseless attempts to action his agenda to go unchecked. Again, many thanks and much appreciated
Zack, You will just not be able to get away from people like Dennis Anderson. He and the Tribune owe you and all farmers an apology . We are in age when people who lack the smarts to research the subject they write about.. Unfortunatly, they are just interested in selling News Papers. I suspect that possibly some Tiling in the past was done wrong but we learn by our past mistakes. Do your best to not let them get away with poor journalism. Jim
James McKay thanks Jim!
Since Ive lived on my place I have experienced an increase in flooding due to field drainage. First it was ditching then drain tile. When ditching was the big thing my pastures had an incredible stink after a flooding event. Id have to keep critters off those pastures for a few good rain showers so all the silt and whatever else washed away. Since drain tile became the big thing I still have the flooding but the aftermath is only plowed down fence. Once the fence is repaired the critters can go back on those pastures. It would be nice to get some help fixing fence line but at least MY land isnt out of service for an extended period of time anymore. I guess my biggest worry is Ill lose use of my land because now Im experiencing more frequent flood events and God help us if a little manure ends up washing out.
I guess us farmers just love throwing money in the air and burning it, lol! Good gracious! I can't even imagine trying to tile fields the size of yours :(
WTFarm Girl Doing a complete pattern tile job is a big project, but the outfits that do it are pretty organized and can usually do a 160 field in a few days.
MN Millennial Farmer I saw one of those tile machines at the farm show. Blew my mind. One of these days I'll find a local pulling it in with such a machine! We gotta tile a bit of our hay field, but will probably do it ourself since it's a tiny area.
You can do something that is profitable for your business but still bad for ecology. If grain wasn't worth anything, wouldn't you agree that the better thing for the environment would be to let wetlands go back to wetlands? People need to decide if they think affordable food is worth it.
WT Farm Girl Videos we are dealing with this same issue. I just love showing our sample results to the people that think we are poisoning the local streams. And yes, it’s ridiculous how expensive it is. We have about a 4,000 acre farm we need to get on!
Why dont you take drain tile samples from around the county and have Dennis take samples from runoff creeks and sewer discharges from the plant in the city and then compare them! Love the videos keep up great work! No sense in arguing with fools!
Absolute piss take, I’m from the UK and I’m witness to various decisions that have been erroneously made, driven by opinion not science, but hey, that’s what modern farming is about!
I have not read this article yet but I sure will now. I think these city guys that have no clue about farming should make damn sure to get their facts straight before putting them in print. I think we should contact the Star Tribune & let them know what we think of this article. The reporter should get together with a roomful of farmers & tile installers so he can learn the real truth about what he wrote about. Thanks for the video.
I would get actual live news cameras out when your putting tiling in and taking a drink of water out of the tiling pipe. You should show all the permits that have to be gotten before they can even start the work. Does this Dennis, have any kind of website or you tube channel that everyone could take a look at or maybe ask him questions?????????? Would love to "FLOOD" his website with questions and ask him for answers!! Thanks for this video. I'm a long ways from you but this guy writing that with no facts is just wrong!!
the article is on the startribune and the comments section is just flooded with city idiots that think they know everything about tiling as well. Dennis would and will never respond to anyone who disagrees with him.
thanks for speaking for tjhe farm and the farmer-follow this up with info to the Star and Trib
and to farm advocates-great work
That article is bull. Clean water comes out the tile lines. Farmers would not hurt the environment. Tiling is good.
johndeereman65279 simple and direct. I like it!
I think we should write an article about them...I bet Dennis has a lawn that is greener than his neighbors... they add more N and P per square foot then we do, oh and they dump the herbicides on to kill their dandelions. All they have is concrete and goes right into the sewer system water... I could rant on myself. GRRR. Best get everything tiled you can now...all they do is TAKE TAKE TAKE from rural MN. Great Video...Keep em coming!
Great video. Very well said.
Awesome job man!!! Great to hear facts rather than hot air from a reporter or an attention seeker. Classic beer breaks and must say......that Shop and condition of your equipment is just spot on!! So jealous
I would almost bet if you really researched the Dennis guy you would find a money trail leading up to his opinion on drain tile.
Strangefruit I'm pretty sure his following needs him to be anti-ag. He's the Outdoor writer for an anti-ag newspaper.
I'm from Sweden and many on my school says that the fertilizer and sprayer are bad and you have to grow and eat ecological or how ever it is called. I'm on of the people that understand that they are wrong and I do fertilize and spray because the world need more food and I'm not going to stop whit my spraying, keep up the good work and good luck with the farming.
Love your videos
Hey Zach, journalists' motto: Never let the facts get in the way of a good story! Keep at him if you can, keep us informed of his response or lack thereof, keep up the excellent videos, best wishes to all from Oxfordshire, England.
Dennis sounds just like a Commiefornia law-maker. (calling for strict laws on things without a single shred of factual information)
Now we have worry about them making ludicrous laws for "wokness points". (facepalm)
Everybody. I mean everybody. I don’t care what side of politics you are, farmer, non farmer, landlords, city people, everybody, need to take the 20 minutes and watch this. Great job guys, you handled this really well.👍
Did anyone else count the weights on the front of the tractor? 😂
Glad to see a fellow Minnesotan. Keep up the good work. Question for you. How are you dealing with the late spring we had?
PaNDaSNiP3R so far it's turned into a real struggle for us. We still have quite a bit of corn to plant, so we're getting nervous now. The frost is still coming out and that's hurting us. We'll get it done though!
I thought Dennis Anderson drove grave digger, and I also thought the Hogg kid that wants to take the guns was boss hoggs nephew but I guess that was hughie hogg
mr Bill it's a complicated situation!
Best comment on all of youtube right here!
Thought the same thing!!
mr Bill dennis retired
mr Bill its a diff dennis so hes ok
Great job with the video. We feel the same way we have done a lot of tileing ourselves trying to improve our farm ground.
...beer break... glug glug glug
I agree with you Zach 100%!!!! A farmer wouldn't destroy his own property on purpose. His/Her fields are their paychecks
Another example of " Fake " news from a reporter.
i like how you keep the beers behind the suitcase weights, and call beer break
You were a lot more restrained than I would be when facing the complete excrement that most politicians push out. Good man ☺; keep putting out the indisputable TRUTH.
Very well said, I live in Iowa where there isn't a hill around so we also have a lot of tile in our fields to drain. People that write these articles sit behind a desk their whole life and never go out and actually see the farmland and how it operates. Therefore making false accusations. I fully support your opinion on this!
We farm in the UK, and your right some one can come out with a statement that is not accurate and the press love it bad news is good news even if it is not correct! We get it all the time over here.
Please do a video drinking the tile water. I’ve drank the water out of our tile it’s some of the clearest water I’ve ever seen. Much cleaner than overland run off water would ever be. Glad you’re passionate about this and more importantly educated! Thank you
DeMers10 I might have to fill my water bottles with the outlet water in every new video!
MN Millennial Farmer lol I wanna get our tile water tested and compare it to our local tap water
DeMers10 that's what should be challenged to that guy, but he'll never accept because they never want to risk being proven wrong. Get him and a agreed upon third party to pull samples from the tile on 3 or 4 fields and then from 3 or 4 municipalities and have them tested just to see which is safer.
I wish I had seen this before. My father and grandfather along with the help on the farm tiled our farm in south jersey by hand 🤚 back in the ‘50s and ‘60s ‼️ Most of them went directly to ditches (also dug by hand 🤚) on our 258 acres we owned and some were on the neighbors 200 acres that we leased. Most fed into our irrigation ponds (not dug by hand 🤚) that we irritated our potatoes 🥔 from. The same issue you are having with this story is one of the many issues my father dealt with back then and caused him to decide to quit farming ‼️. I hope you put that nincompoop in his place ‼️ signed, Spud the Spudman ‼️
I commend you for acting in a positive way to inform others of an issue that is very misunderstood and wrought with “opinions”.
All the ditching and tiling has ruined my land. So much runs through my Creek now it's constantly eroding away my hills. I can't cross what I used to skip over. The creek is turning in to the Grand canyon.
Sure hope the guy who wrote the article wasn't talking with his mouth full... Thank you for exposing the truth on this matter.
It's hard I know, keep up the good work. We will in Maryland. You want to see some crazy stuff head this way East.
Boy that guy is so full of it! Very informative video!! Keep up the great work!!!
Preach it brother Zach. I couldn't agree with you more. I'm not a farmer as you know. But I've grown up in an AG area. And I understand farmers. I don't know of a single farmer that can afford to apply fertilizer, and chemicals will nilly. I worked at a fertilizer manufacturer. we also did custom application. I inloaded two pallets of chemicals. Which I'm sure you know is approximately thirty boxes or so with two 2.5 gallon jugs per box. When I was done my boss looked at me and said you just move 250,000 dollars. Now someone that is better at math can figure out the cost per oz and per acres, as I'm not up to application rates. I believe the last time I had anything to do with fertilizer, nitrogen was something like close to 1000 dollars a ton or something like that. I guess my point is who could afford to waste these products at these prices. So according to this reporters article. It's better to let all the rainfall just run off the ground and wash and eroide the soil. Send him a history book. When around the time of the civil war alot of farmers were moving west, why cause they abused the land and it stopped producing. Sorry your dealing with this. Bit we seem to live in an age where out landish ideas and opinions are the norm. Finally something we agree on Zach, this dude is a wack doodle. Sorry for the rant. Btw how did you control yourself I would of had steam coming out of my ears
There was plenty of steam! I waited a few days and tried to remind myself that I genuinely hope he contacts me.
We need more young farmers like you! The problem with stuff like this is that the average age of farmers is.......... old. Old farmers aren’t on social media and don’t really voice what they do. This leaves the door wide open for journalist to write whatever they want and send it to a mass of people. That mass of people don’t go to the source for facts, they go to the internet. On the internet they find whatever the hell they want and cherry pick their info giving them the false sense of being an expert. Then those people get elected and tell us (the farmer) what to do. Because they know more than we do cuz they are wiki graduate students. Thank you for your videos!
Very well said, Dennis sounds like one of those people that thinks all his food is grown in the store. Keep up the good work. 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Glad you took the time to make and post this video. It is this kind of garbage that is being put out that gets the average person that knows nothing about the situation so upset.
Good for you, you are just the educated farmer that needs to take on these fools.
Our local coop did soil samples on lawns in our town and they would not have to put fertilizer on for over 10 years but the lawn fertilizer company was out the very next year putting more fertilizer on those very same lawns
Russ Kettner got to have that nice green lawn to impress the neighbors.
I'm right there with ya! Glad you are standing up for us farmers. Especially when things like this are being read by so many people who probably believe every word of it!!
I hear your frustrations, here in Maryland the fore front of Nutrient Management regulations we fight these false accusations all the time. Keep up the fight and continue to educate those who don't know. But realize some don't want to learn the facts and those you just can't win. Maryland Farmer
Marion Wilson I've always believed I need to help educate the people in the middle because the ones who have already decided to be against me will never be convinced.
Great video. Hope they come out and LEARN something.
There’s a science to putting drain tile in a field. Tile diameter, depth, how far apart is it spaced etc. it can make a huge difference in being able to get the crops out of the field during a wet fall.
Very well said. Did Dennis take you up on your offer?
Did Dennis ever make contact to discuss this with you?
I don't have enough time to voice my opinion but that is what is wrong with this country everyone wants to be a hero but nobody want to put the work into it . I'm not a farmer I worked on one so I feel your fustration. I hope this guy comes and visit your farm to educate himself. Good luck