Posted on Jul 16, 2019

The Corn Belt's Traditional Summer Job Of Detasseling Delayed By Weather

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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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 out there. They are the corn detasselers.

But this year, there’s a snag: Detasseling season is being pushed back due to a wet spring.

The Corn Belt's Traditional Summer Job Of Detasseling Delayed By Weather

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CW3 Michael Bodnar

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You would think that by now with all the technological advances in the world, they would have a machine to do this for us?

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SFC Melvin Brandenburg

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That is a brutal way to make a buck

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