Nebraska

Last year, more than 30 farmers were trapped inside grain silos in the U.S., according to Purdue University, but a new robot could help keep them safe.

A year after COVID-19 hit meatpacking plants in the Midwest, labor advocates are balancing concerns about worker safety with questions about the future.

Morel mushrooms have started popping up in Missouri and Kansas. While some savor the flavor, others enjoy the annual treasure hunt.

More herbicides could face legal challenges in the coming years, but they were once a key player in the rise of modern industrialized growing systems.

With less than a half-day drive, you can get out of Kansas City and do it relatively safely, even in the middle of a pandemic.

Unprecedented flooding last year devastated many towns across the Midwest that are still struggling to come back. As Nebraska’s climate continues to...

The more than 13 million American households that get their drinking water from private wells aren’t required by state or federal environmental agencies...

On a recent bright, clear day in eastern Nebraska, a small red machine crept through a lush field of soybeans. From the highway, it looked like a small...

Wrens chirp and butterflies fly between clover blossoms in a pasture in northeast Nebraska. It’s a serene scene until Dave Wright calls his cows and...

Over the last two years, Rob Van Vleet has been slowly scrapping the last vestiges of Kimball, Nebraska’s first wind farm. The wind turbines are made to...

Every summer, thousands of Midwestern kids as young as 13 load onto school buses early in the morning to do one of the hottest, dirtiest temporary jobs...

Rural communities are some of the most politically disenfranchised when it comes to climate policy, and last year’s National Climate Change Report...