When some years are wet and some years are dry

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Check it out: LICO's 2023 golf tournament

Despite a busy season upon them, many teams were able to take the time to hit the links and compete for a variety of prizes – including the covered "Happy Gilmore Award." » Read More...

Advocates call on Sask. government to create wetland policy before agricultural water policy

The Saskatchewan Alliance for Water Sustainability (SAWS) and other water advocacy groups are calling on the province to create a wetland policy. » Read More...

Feds propose drainage rules to protect wetlands in South Dakota and nearby states

A government agency wants to keep water-draining equipment used by farmers away from federally protected wetlands in several states. » Read More...

Featured

When times are unpredictable

Historically, drainage has been part of a wider issue for farmers in Ohio. For more than 200 years, we have known that you can’t grow crops in the area without draining the soil. Historically, this was either marshland, or poorly drained areas in what we now know as the corn-belt. In the days of the settlers, when they tried to farm the land, their biggest challenge was how to sustain crop production. But another persisting problem which has only grown more pronounced over time has been the varying of wetness and precipitation from year to year. Drainage management systems – such as one studied in Ohio – can hopefully help that. » Read More...

Events

Advanced Drainage Design Workshop

June 27, 2023 | Decatur, IL » Read More...