There were fewer local workers detasseling seed corn in Iowa in 2025 than in previous years as the number of temporary migrant laborers with H-2A visas doing the jobs increased, according to data ...
An employee of Ailes Detasseling walks through a seed corn field near Utica, Neb., in 2024. Detasseling is seen as a rite of passage for Midwest teenagers, but in recent years, more of the detasseling ...
Detasseling is when farmers remove the pollen-producing part of the plants, the tassels, from specific stalks to produce hybrid varieties of corn. White House responds to Pope Leo’s rebuke of Trump ...