Drainage issues on tillage land – part 1

The Tillage Edge

The wet autumn has shown up areas in all farms which are wet and may need some drainage attention in the coming months or years.

This is the first of two episodes where Michael Hennessy talks to Pat Tuohy, a researcher in Teagasc dealing with soil hydrology and drainage, about how to deal with field drainage issues on tillage farms.

Pat advocates regular maintenance of drains to be the starting point of any work. He says more frequent interventions will prevent larger problems and will help to protect rivers from excessive sediment loss during clean-up operations.

For more information on drainage go to:

https://www.teagasc.ie/media/website/environment/soil/Teagasc_Drainage_Manual_2022.pdf

For more episodes and information from the Tillage Edge podcast go to:
https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/crops/the-tillage-edge-podcast/

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