URSA, Ill. (AP) — Larry Lewis has seen changes in how hybrid seeds are developed since he planted his first 5-acre seed corn in 1960. Detasseling machines now remove about three-fourths of the tassels ...

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 ...

According to Rader Detasseling, the top or the tassel of the corn plant is pulled by the detasseler so the plant cannot pollinate itself. The tassel is the male part of the corn plant. The ear shoot ...

“You earn money faster” in the U.S. than in Mexico, the man said in Spanish. But the deductions in every paycheck slowed his earnings, and he and his family needed every dollar. A few weeks working in ...

State senators Friday gave 45-0 final approval to a bill meant to stem the trend of seed corn producers turning to migrant workers instead of Nebraska teenagers to detassel cornfields. The vote on ...