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Article: Down the Line.(Farm Journal Field Test)
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- Farm Journal
- Article date:
- November 2, 2004
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Byline: Charlene Finck
When tile goes into the Farm Journal Field Test plots, a string of events takes place. Water often starts to run through the tile as soon as the pipe is laid and the data starts to trickle in.
Regardless of how quickly activity begins in the lines, it will take several crop years to draw firm conclusions.
Just the same, the Farm Journal "Draining For Dollars" project is starting to siphon out a stream of initial findings. "We're only three years into the project at the first site and two years at the second site," explains Ken Ferrie, Farm Journal Field Agronomist, who oversees the effort. "Even though the project is just ...