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Our Values
We’re a full-service ag water management assessment, planning and construction company with over 40 years of satisfied customers and nationwide construction experience. We believe that by placing safety first, pursuing technical excellence, and working as a team, we can achieve extraordinary things.
Safety First
Safety isn’t just an idea. We place safety first, in every situation. We reward team members who consistently prioritize safety above all else.
Excellence
Being the best requires a team of people who strive to be the best. We reward team members who pursue excellence in their role and job.
Teamwork
Machines don’t do work; people do. And in construction, teams do. We reward team members who place the team’s goals above their own.
Our History
1979: garage start-up.
In 1979, the late Bob Clark Sr. left his position as a District Conservationist for the Soil Conservation Service (SCS now NRCS) to start his own business. After years overseeing the construction and installation of waterway and drainage tile conservation projects at the SCS, Bob Sr. decided to buy a Spiecher 6060 wheel machine, and in a two-car garage, in a quite suburban neighborhood in Richmond, IN, Clark Farm Drainage was born.
A family tradition.
It wasn’t apparent to anyone at the time that the business Bob Sr. started would become a family tradition. Bob Sr. just wanted to farm and be his own boss, but didn’t have the money. Becoming a drainage contractor was as close as he could get. But that desire to make your own path in life took hold of his son and grandson too. Today, Clark Farm Drainage is a third-generation, family-owned business. We understand our customers’ desire to create a family legacy.
A pursuit of excellence.
There’s an old saying, “I never have the time to do it right the first time, but I always have the time to do it over.” We see countless farms undergo phase after phase of drainage improvements, implementing a patchwork approach based on the principle of never having enough time or money to do it right the first time. We’ve noticed these farms always have the time and money to do it over. We’ve built our business on the opposite concept: there is always time to do it right the first time.
Our Customer Team
Bob Clark II
President
With a BS in Engineering Technology, Bob is a former US Army Paratrooper, and two-time former Chairman of the Board and National President of the Land Improvement Contractors of America. He serves on the board of the Agricultural Drainage Management Coalition, on an EPA Ag Training Committee, and as an adviser to a research study at Purdue University focused on agricultural water quality. In 2016, LICA Magazine named him National Entrepreneur of the Year. He is a frequent contributor to multiple publications on the topics of water quality and agricultural drainage.
Bob Clark III
Vice President
Bob triple-majored in Physics, Mathematics, and Philosophy before earning his Master's from the Kelley School of Business at IU. He worked as an Associate at PwC and later helped build a successful start-up. He has served on multiple industry boards and contributed numerous articles to publications on a wide range of industry topics. He holds a professional certificate in Watershed Management, is a Technical Service Provider to the NRCS, his work on RTK-GPS machine-grade control was presented at the 10th International Drainage Symposium in MN and is published in the ASABE.
Ben Reinhart
Director of Operations &
Water Management Services
Ben holds a Bachelor’s in Natural Resources and a Master of Science in Ag Systems Management from Purdue University. Prior to joining our team Ben worked as Project Manager for a multi-state research project focused on increasing water storage in tile-drained landscapes to improve water quality and availability. He has authored multiple publications and on-line tools on innovative ag water management practices including drainage water recycling, controlled drainage and saturated buffers.
Chris Myers
Senior Water Management Advisor
Chris grew up on a family farm in East Central Indiana and earned his Bachelor of Science in Ag Systems Management from Purdue University. Chris worked as a District Sales Manager for Stine Seed Company before working as a Farm Manager, at which time he became aware of the financial impacts of improved drainage. He later worked as Territory Sales Manager for one of the leading manufactures of agricultural drainage products. In that role Chris designed, estimated and managed water mgmt. projects on 1000’s of acres of prime midwestern farmland.
Jeff Martin
Water Management Advisor
Jeff spent nearly 20 years in the plastic pipe industry and understands the importance of water management. He has been a multi-state territory sales manager for two different agricultural drainage products manufactures and has worked with countless farms and water management contractors across the Midwest to ensure the right products and the right solution are applied to the problem. His deep and diverse ag water management industry experience make him an excellent addition to our Water Management Advisory team.
Our Technologies
Computer Aided Design
Gone are the days of surveying fields with a laser, tripod, and sheet of graph paper. Today, RTK GPS, remote data, historical imagery, and advanced computer software are used to perform a complete watershed analysis and plan your farm’s place in it.
Geographic Information Systems
We utilize advanced software programs called Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to store, view, and analyze each aspect of the factors that support the water management assessment and planning decision making process on your farm.
Real-time Kinematic GPS
Through the deployment of RTK GPS technology, we are able to design and construct every aspect of your water management system down to a fraction of a centimeter, with continuously varied slopes and surfaces to optimize resources and returns.
Proprietary Assessment & Planning Tools
We’ve taken decades of university research, over 40 years of on-the-ground experience with farms, and combined them with engineering standards to create proprietary assessment and planning tools that ensure our plans make you effective and profitable.
Single-Pass Trenching & Plowing
With single-pass plowing we ensure maximum soil fracture, the highest level of grade control, perfect trench bottoms, and eliminate soil mixing during construction. When the pipe is too large or deep, we deploy our single-pass trenching equipment.
Excavating, Earthmoving, & HDD
Beyond being a full-service ag water management assessment, planing and construction company, we also operate a complete heavy civil construction division. We have the team and the know-how to perform or manage a variety of projects.
Our Process
1. Contact Us
Tell us about your farm and the issues you are dealing with.
2. Assessment
We’ll identify the root causes and propose solutions to address them.
3. Plan & Build
We’ll plan your project and build the system to project specifications.
4. Harvest More
After that, plant sooner, grow faster and harvest more, happily ever after.
Contact Us
Start planting sooner, growing faster, and harvesting more by working with us.