The Water Table
The Water Table
#108 | An Ag Real Estate Perspective On Tiling, Watersheds & Wetlands
Jamie sits down with water quality expert and agricultural real estate guru, Chuck Wingert in this episode of the Water Table Podcast. Their wide-ranging conversation covers system tiling, drainage coefficients, optimum spacings, a holistic approach to watersheds and more. Chuck’s vast knowledge of the ag industry and land sales in the Midwest gives him a unique perspective to speak on a wide range of topics. Listen in and enjoy!
Chapters & Episode Topics:
00:00 Welcome to the Water Table Podcast
00:23 Welcome to Chuck Wingert
01:00 The right guest
02:00 An expert in the water quality arena
03:40 7 million feet of drainage
04:40 Mankato has to have drainage
05:30 All about the soils
06:30 Pancake flat
07:30 Optimum spacings
09:58 System tiling and the sponge effect
13:10 Hungry Dobermans
13:40 Knowledge is king
15:00 Minnesota River
17:00 Drainage, explained – it’s a positive
18:30 An opportunity to make it better
20:30 Making a difference with knowledge
22:20 The Fargo Diversion
24:50 Educating landowners and agencies
25:30 It takes compensation
28:00 A holistic approach to watersheds
30:45 A lot of progress since swampbusters
33:00 Where will we be in 100 years?
36:30 Land values and drainage
39:00 A PHD Thesis on drainage
41:00 Look at both sides and don’t feed the predators
44:00 Thank you for the advocacy
45:30 How many kids grew up on the farm?
Guest Info:
Chuck Wingert is with Wingert Land Services, Inc.; a full-service agricultural real estate firm specializing in the brokerage, appraisal, and management of farmland in southern Minnesota. Starting in 1976, Wingert Land Services has assisted more than 18,000 landowners in Minnesota and Northern Iowa with the evaluation of soils, layout, and engineering of agricultural drainage systems and erosion control practices, restoration of wetlands and use of governmental programs to retire marginal land. Since 1985, they have represented sales and purchases including farmland, hobby farms, livestock facilities, recreational land, and rural developments.
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