Return on investment

With anything you add to your operation there needs to be a return on investment.

In any given year a tiled field can show a 10-45+ bu/ac yield increase in corn, but there is more return than just higher yields.  A producer needs to also look at the following when calculating the ROI of putting tile in on their farm.

* Entering the field earlier in the spring

* Increased efficiency in the spring (not going around wet holes)

* Less compaction

* Increased soil health

* Less replant from drowning out

* Increased efficiency of fertilizers and herbicides

* Increased root development

* Increased plant stand

* Decreased erosion 

* Improved ground conditions for harvest

With the right subsurface drainage system in place, these are factors that tile will pay back on year after year.