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 ...
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 ...
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) — As the days grow shorter and the mornings colder, the backbone of Nebraska’s economy works against the encroaching winter to get crops out of their fields. The state’s farmers ...
Nebraska is heading into the 2026 growing season with limited precipitation and groundwater resources. Growers are also ...
Detasselers work around 70 hours a week for four weeks of the summer. Courtesy | iStock Dawn had not yet broken at 4:45 a.m., ...