Agricultural Drainage Systems
Agriculture in North America has become a very high-tech industry, and drainage has evolved with the industry to keep pace with the technology. From the early days of thumb-spaced clay tiles and string line grade control to today’s high-speed static plow with integrated laser grade control, installation of continuous coiled high density polyethylene corrugated drainage pipe, has become the standard method of removing excess moisture from the planting area to a holding area. Today's farming operation has satellite information systems to detect soil temperature for better moisture and chemical control. Some smaller farms are incorporating moisture sensors and computer controlled irrigation systems that are programmed to respond to field moisture conditions and limits. It is well known in the agricultural communities that wet fields retard crop growth, promote disease and effect the yield proportionately. A well-designed and implemented drainage system can increase yield, in some cases enough to pay for itself in the first year. A properly designed and installed sub-surface drainage system continues to work 24 hours per day, seven days per week, at maintaining soil moisture at or below the root zone.

Consider a balanced tile drainage system made from PTI CORR-A-FLEXÔ .

For more information on the benefits of drainage and other agricultural improvements, visit the web site of the USDA, http://www.nrcs.usda.gov, or visit your local National Resource Conservation Service and ask about an on-site and in-field evaluation.