If you thought tiling demos drew a crowd before, chances are you haven’t seen anything yet. There isn’t a single practice in agriculture as hot right now as tiling.
Why? Farmers says it’s because tiling gives one of the best return on investments in agriculture today. Year in and year out, yield maps continue to back up the benefits of tiling, and the message is reverberating in farm country.
Tiling demos have been an important part of the Farm Progress Show at Decatur, Ill., for several years, and the trend continues this year.
In past years, tile has been installed during the show on land owned by David and Dawn Brix, one of the host families. This year, it is on land adjacent to them, farms owned by the Voorhees and Padrutt families. But as the manager who oversees field demos, David Brix will still be the one making sure it comes off without a hitch.