Who Owns the Water Beneath Nebraska's Farmland?
Out-of-state investors are buying up Nebraska land in part because of the groundwater that can be placed on crops. But there are restrictions on what they can do with that water.
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Out-of-state investors are buying up Nebraska land in part because of the groundwater that can be placed on crops. But there are restrictions on what they can do with that water.
As the Ogallala Aquifer dwindles, rural towns in the High Planes are trying to keep their sole water source.
Tristan Ferguson could get up to 20 years in prison on the charge for killing Jesse Krausnick unintentionally while in the commission of an unlawful act.
The existing law prohibiting foreign individuals and businesses from owning land in Nebraska has gone unchanged since 1943, Sen. Barry DeKay told the Legislature's Agriculture Committee.
The existing law prohibiting foreign individuals and businesses from owning land in Nebraska has gone unchanged since 1943, Sen. Barry DeKay told the Legislature's Agriculture Committee.