Christina Stella
St. Louis Public Radio
Lincoln, NE, United States
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Farmers Sue For Flood Damages Over Attempts To Protect An Endangered Missouri River Fish
Farmers along the Missouri River won a mass action federal lawsuit last December against the Army Corps of Engineers for land damages they say are... → Read More
Should Ethanol Go Back To Business As Usual After COVID-19?
The nation's ethanol industry is recovering slowly from the pandemic shutdown, but some wonder whether it would be better off coming back smaller. → Read More
In Rural Nebraska, Combating Hunger From The Pandemic Is A Community Effort
The town of Lexington has long struggled with food insecurity. But when the coronavirus hit, it presented new challenges in feeding this community of 11,000 residents. → Read More
Some Meatpackers Question New COVID-19 Safety Guidelines
OSHA issued new safety guidelines recently, but some meatpacking workers and worker advocates, wonder whether the rules protect employees, or employers. → Read More
Nebraska Students Contribute To Science By Learning To Spot Unsafe Drinking Water
The more than 13 million American households that get their drinking water from private wells aren’t required by state or federal environmental agencies to → Read More
Farmworker Visa Progam Being Modernized, But Critics Say Changes Aren't Enough
Farmers have been struggling for years to hire enough workers, and increasingly turn to the H-2A temporary visa program . Previously, farmers took out → Read More
The Latest Generation Gap In Farming Is About Robots
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 → Read More
Unfurling The Waste Problem Caused By Wind Energy
While wind energy is marketed as the future's green energy solution, turbines last only about 20 years, and disposing of their behemoth fiberglass blades is both complicated and costly. → Read More
A New Law Allows More Farmers To Qualify For Bankruptcy, And Some Are Thinking About It
It’s a difficult year for many farmers in the United States. A wet spring flooded crops and delayed planting across the Midwest, while trade conflicts → Read More
As Wind Energy Thrives, So Does Its Waste Problem
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 be → Read More