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Episode Synopsis
It’s a wide range of topics on today’s episode of The Water Table Podcast. Duane Bonnema joins host Jamie Duininck to talk agriculture water management and has some go-to advice for any farmer who has tiled fields. Plus, how he uses the latest technology to help farmers maintain their drainage systems and why every inch of tile should be mapped.About the Guest:Duane Bonnema founded Bonnema Surveys (Now Bonnema Runke Stern Inc.) in 1981. He has been working with tile contractors for more than 40 years and is wealth of knowledge in the industry. His current endeavor is Ag Water Management, a company out of Raymond, MN that specializes in farm drainage planning.Ag Water Management, Raymond, MNhttps://www.facebook.com/AgWaterManagement/Bonnema Runke Stern, Inchttps://www.brssurveys.com/Episode Topics & Chapters:00:00 Intro00:32 Coming up today…01:00 Welcome to Duane Bonnema01:43 How it all began03:40 Plastic pipe changes the work04:55 Minnesota to Michigan to Minnesota07:00 Bonnema Surveys08:52 Drones and cameras11:00 Surprises in the pipes12:40 All the surface inlets14:50 The simplest solution16:40 Just a coupler19:00 The value of mapping21:00 The advent of GPS24:30 A lifetime investment26:00 Increasing the tax base28:30 Really old lines – and still working30:00 Pattern tiling34:00 Water storage is available37:00 So misunderstood40:00 Swamp buster bill42:00 It’s detention…43:40 Outlets, inlets, outlets46:30 Every investment takes maintenance49:30 Ag Water ManagementFollow us on social media! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrinscoInc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/prinscoinc Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1538507698 Subscribe to our Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/001MKyL5nMw6jUpuuz9aGd Listen on Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMzg5OTEwLnJzcw== Visit our website to explore more episodes & water management education:https://www.watertable.ag/the-podcast/
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