farm drainage

2018 ADI Adams County, Illinois Ag Scholarship Presentation

ADI Offers Six $1,000 Ag Scholarships

ADI Offers Six $1,000 Agriculture Scholarships Ag Drainage Inc. (ADI) is proud to offer six $1,000 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who have demonstrated an interest in agriculture or related fields. Scholarships will be awarded in the Illinois counties of Adams, Brown, Ford, Hancock, Pike and Schuyler. One scholarship will be awarded per county. …

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ADI Completes 900 Acre System in South Carolina

One of the largest contiguous farm drainage projects to be completed in the United States was installed by Ag Drainage Inc. (ADI). Located in Marion County, South Carolina, the more than 900 acre farm is now easier to plant, manage and harvest.   Installing a complete subsurface drainage system meant the elimination of countless, excessive …

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Grant Helps ADI Train Workers & Improve Safety

Ag Drainage Inc. (ADI) has established a training system at its Golden, Illinois facility thanks to a grant from the Workforce Investment Board of Western Illinois. The funding allows ADI to improve current workers skills, streamline processes and add extra safety training. Training sessions are being conducted by John Wood Community College and the Illinois …

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Farm Drainage Field Day in Nebraska

August 10 | 9:00am – 2:00pm Farmers will have a unique opportunity to see the world’s only Dual Force Technology drainage plow in person Wednesday, August 10. Veldkamp Drainage is hosting a farm drainage field day on Highway 30 and County Road 17 just west of Rogers. Dual Force Technology is a unique method of simultaneously installing …

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Evolution of Plastic Drainage Tile

When the manufacturing of plastic drainage tile began in the late 1960s, the process was a little different than today’s standards. One of the primary differences was the method used to select and test raw materials. Pipe made with “virgin” resin was the only product available at the time. The tightly specified blends of reprocessed …

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Good Isn’t Good Enough

Splitting laterals that were originally placed too far apart at 60’ to 100’ spacings is old news. It’s been going on for decades. By 2002, ADI had already split 95% of the systems they had installed in the early 1980s. These necessary improvements often took projects down to 30’ and 40’ spacings. The latest evolution …

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