Tile drainage offers producers a tool to reduce or control soil salinity (foreground), which can be a significant limitation to crop production across the Prairies.  |  David Whetter photo

Manage saline soil and weeds with tile drainage

It can take years for tile drainage to improve soils, and the practice doesn’t make economic sense for every field

Glacier FarmMedia – Tile drainage may be the best tool in the toolbox to manage saline soil in fields, a southwestern Manitoba farmer told an audience at Ag Days in Brandon, Mb. Aaron Hargreaves, who co-owns Harwest Farms south of Brandon, said he and his four partners have struggled with soil salinity on their farm […] Read more