In many areas, the words “drainage” and “tile” are synonymous. But for farmers such as Leon Wendte—a retired soil conservationist who farms with his brother Roy in south-central Illinois near Altamont ...

Corn sits in standing water after a field was flooded off Aqua Vitae Road in Hadley in July. Credit: GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS HADLEY — During a summer in which area farms dealt with significant ...

A proposed improvement to a large drainage ditch system near Mapleton has the Department of Natural Resources, conservation groups and downriver communities calling for changes in the project, ...

Ted Cruz says the Environmental Protection Agency has gone overboard in regulating farms by regulating even puddles and ditches. "They're hurting from a federal government whose policies have been ...

Kent-based dealer TF Wheatley has sold its first rotary ditchers after agreeing an import deal with Italian manufacturer Dondi. The range includes versions designed to be mounted on a hedgecutter or ...