Tried & True

Spring isn’t just the start of the busy season—it’s the start of your team’s rhythm for the year. The habits built now often carry through the months ahead.

Spring brings opportunity—but it also brings mud, moisture and unpredictable ground. You’ve seen it a hundred times. Frost leaves, rain settles in and the ground doesn’t cooperate. The young crews …

A recent conversation with Keegan Kult, executive director of the Agricultural Drainage Management Coalition (ADMC), provided several important updates for contractors and industry partners.

In the 1930s, no one saw the Dust Bowl coming. But when an extended drought scenario descended on the Great Plains after years of wheat farming had steadily replaced the …

For many years, watertight joints in corrugated HDPE pipe relied on a simple idea: compress a solid rubber gasket between the spigot and the bell. It worked and became standard …

You don’t see it. You don’t brag about it. But if it’s missing—or not doing its job—you’ll know fast. Let’s be honest: nobody wakes up excited to talk about gaskets. …

In the Midwest, contractors fight against water. In Utah, they fight for it. Shawn Peterson is the owner and founder of Great Basin Pipe & Irrigation, a company built around …

When Fratco made the decision to expand into the Southeast, the company needed someone willing to take a leap of faith. For Noah Johnston, that leap meant leaving his Indiana …

There’s something about spring that feels like a fresh start. The ground softens. The days get longer. The air shifts. It’s a season that reminds us that growth doesn’t happen …

It wasn’t that long ago that installing drainage pipe meant reading topography by eye, relying on instinct and hoping your laser level held steady in the wind. However, over the …