Counterintuitive as it may seem, farm fields with the best tile drainage systems generally produced the highest yields during last year’s drought, area farmers and other experts say. “I saw that right away in the first field I harvested this fall,” said Marion-area farmer Curt Zingula. Zingula said he became “100 percent convinced” of the [...]
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Orlan Love, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
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Topics: Iowa Linn County Cedar Rapids
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