Nebraska Update

Large farm groups say the shortage of farm labor in the U.S. is at crisis levels. A proposal working through Congress would increase the number of immigrant workers at a time when anti-immigrant sentiments are running high.

In the hopes of not repeating a problematic year for soybean crops, farmers across the U.S. are deciding how best to protect their crops and their livelihood next year from drift damage caused by the weed killer dicamba.

The last time the city of Lincoln faced serious water restrictions was the record-setting hot and dry year of 2012. With more drought likely in Nebraska’s future, how is the capitol city planning to handle future water shortages and sustain the city’s thirst past the middle of this century?

As Nebraska state prison officials scramble to keep its employees on the job and recruit new ones, the state legislature will be advancing proposals to increase pay. The Department of Corrections is expressing some doubts about whether that will help solve the problem.

A project to augment Republican River water by transferring water formerly used for irrigation is upsetting some of its neighbors in Lincoln County

It’s not cheap to treat water that’s been polluted by farm runoff, and cities surrounded by farmland are concerned the cost is going to keep increasing. In Des Moines, Iowa, how to pay for clean water has become a prominent election issue.

When it comes to rebuilding war-torn countries, the international community relies on NGOs, nongovernmental organizations, for a lot of the heavy lifting. But a University of Nebraska-Lincoln political science professor Patrice McMahon's new book finds problems with this model.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was in Omaha, Nebraska, Monday to add to his top staff at the Department of Agriculture. He also discussed recent Trump administration steps to repeal rules regarding water quality and livestock markets.

Some of the best places to generate wind energy in Nebraska are also home to many species of grassland birds. New research offers a better understanding of how one prairie bird responds to wind turbines.

Nebraska tech companies pitch selves to students