Installing a new land drainage system involves labour and investment but is it worth the money? Here’s a useful guide to help you understand your return on investment. How to calculate your return on investment from land drainage? To calculate your potential return on investment (ROI) from land drainage, you first need to understand
What are the different types of drainage for farms?
Saturated soil is not only bad for the health of crops but it also makes the use of machinery more difficult, if not impossible. To combat this problem, farmers need to rely on drainage systems to ensure they optimise their yields but what are their options? Natural drainage versus artificial drainage Firstly, drainage can be
How your soil type impacts drainage?
The UK has many different types of soil due to variations in geology, climate, plant and animal ecology and land use. Understanding the type of soil you have is an important first step in identifying the best crops to grow and the actions needed, such as good drainage, to get the most from your soil.
Why old clay land drainage systems are failing?
According to the Agriculture and Development Board, around 6.4 million hectares of agricultural land in England and Wales have been drained with piped systems. Unfortunately, more and more land drainage systems are being reported to fail. Why are land drainage systems failing? The installation of clay piping systems was popular over 30 years ago when
How farmers can protect soil from extreme weather?
The start of 2020 has already brought its challenges for UK farmers – from one of the wettest winters on record to the sunniest spring to date. So how can farmers protect their land from such weather extremes? One way is to improve the health of their soil. Here are our top 3 tips: Don’t
How to improve soil quality in farming?
We’ve harped on about the importance of soil in farming for years but the recent Agriculture Bill has confirmed just how critical it is. But what can you do to improve your soil? What is the Agriculture Bill? The UK’s new Agriculture Bill has been called “one of the most significant pieces of legislation for
How will your watercourse cope with Storm Dennis?
There is a yellow warning over much of the UK as Storm Dennis approaches this weekend. It will bring from Friday onwards; 72 hours of rainfall and up to 60 mph winds. After Storm Ciara last week this could cause serious damage, with the worst of it hitting on Saturday afternoon. If you have time
How to connect culvert pipe
When it comes to connecting culvert pipe – it depends largely on the type of pipe. It is essentially a big version of cutting normal pipe. The difference when cutting culvert pipe is that people tend to use sandbags filled with concrete or a headwall on the end, as these are large pipes and require
How to cut Culvert Pipe
Cutting culvert pipe isn’t as easy as you think. It is dependent on the nature of the pipe – what material it is and its structure. For example, culvert pipe comes in HDPE plastic as well as galvanised steel and it can be ribbed or non-ribbed. Cutting ribbed HDPE Plastic Culvert Pipe If your plastic
Main uses of a Culvert Pipe
Their main use is to transfer water and materials as a drain pipe under road or earth. They also can be used as bridges, when the pipe is placed side by side with earth or rock covering them. Lots of times when roads are built it disrupts the flow of streams or ponds, a culvert