LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Nebraska's reserve of soil moisture is gone, compounding the continuing bad news about Nebraska's drought, experts said. Mark Svoboda, of the National Drought Mitigation ...

The Nebraska Soil Health School, coordinated by Bijesh Maharjan, associate professor and Extension specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Panhandle Research, Extension, and Education ...

FIVE GENERATIONS BACK, BILL ARMBRUST FAMILY PLANTED THEIR ROOTS IN NEBRASKA SOIL WITH NO IDEA HOW MUCH WATER WELLED BELOW. FINDING OUT THAT THEY COULD PUMP A THOUSAND GALLONS FROM 60FT.

“You want loamy, good-draining soil,” he said. “Dig down in my garden, and you can just run your hands through it. It should crumble in your hands.” Just plopping a plant in Nebraska’s ...

A photo shared by Polk County Rural Public Power District in Nebraska showed the track electricity took in the soil after a power line was downed on April 22. Photo by District Lineman Yancy ...