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Ted Turner, the billionaire founder of CNN, has long owned more Nebraska land than anyone. What becomes of it when hes gone?

The billionaire founder of CNN has long owned more Nebraska land than anyone. What becomes of it when he's gone?

In the past five years, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought twice as much Nebraska land as the second biggest buyer.

The Mormon Church now owns about 370,000 total acres of zoned agricultural land in Nebraska. That's about the size of Douglas and Sarpy counties combined.

In the past five years, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought twice as much Nebraska land as the second biggest buyer. If they keep it up, they’ll soon own more than anyone.

Experts say, generations of corn growing, feedlot runoff and oft-unwitting nitrogen overuse has left a sobering legacy buried in the Nebraska soil.

There are few staff to monitor Nebraska’s vast swaths of farmland, thousands of cattle feedlots, large hog operations and chicken farms. And the agencies’ own regulations don’t give the staff many tools to combat malpractice.

New way to look at famed Plains paintings: Through Native eyes

A food scientist and a venture capital investorcomb ined their skills and their own desire for an alcohol alternative to conjure Sandhills Elixir, a “zero-proof spirit.” It’s a liquor substitute made by blending ingredients and know-how from across Nebraska, right down to the Ogallala Aquifer water they use from the heart of the Sandhills.