A southeast Minnesota corn and soybean grower calls tile drainage the lifeblood of his farm.
“We would not be farming in this area if we did not have tile.”
Roger Toquam of Blooming Prairie says his grandfather came to the area in 1935, installing drainage tile in fields that had never been farmed before.
“He was able to drain it, and make it extremely productive soils.”
Toquam tells Brownfield he’s investing in the tile system by installing a bioreactor.
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