More farm fields have tile

STONEWALL-

Tile drainage is not just a southern Manitoba concept.

Bryan Genzelevich is construction operations manager for Frontier Drainage, which has an office in the Stonewall area. Along with Robert Holter-Ferguson, survey/design operations manager for Frontier Drainage, they see huge possibilities with a system called Tile Drainage.

You could get a 90 percent increase because nothing would grow there in the first place, said Genzelevich. Tile unlocks the potential, the soils ability to grow. IT youve got well drained good soil on high land it has nothing holding it back. Come down in the bog here and youve got standing water and that water table is high. Salts are high. Putting tile in your going to see a bigger benefit. Tile your worst piece of land because that is where you will see the most benefit.

Tile drainage is a process that removes excess moisture from the soils subsurface.

It can be adapted for use in any soil type. Genzelevich said the biggest difference between soil types is the design that is used in laying the pipe, which is very similar to weeping tile used around homes.

In heavy clay there is tighter spacing in your lines, he said. In sand its wider, buy you also have to consider the filtration so it doesnt clog your pipe.

In clay, the spacing will be 30 to 35 feet between sections of pipe. For sand, its 45 to 50.

Genzelevich said tile drainage is very common in Ontario. There they have been using tile for 60 to 70 years and over 40 percent of the land uses this process he said.

Genzelevich added that the practice is also pickup up steam in North Dakota.

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More farm fields have tile