Detasseling season comes to a muddy close

n Workers triumph against chaotic weather conditions

  • From left, detasslers Issac Graham, Jack Allen and Greg Evans trek through a muddy cornfield after the previous night’s rainfall.
    From left, detasslers Issac Graham, Jack Allen and Greg Evans trek through a muddy cornfield after the previous night’s rainfall.
  • The 2023 S&J seed corn detasseling crew
    The 2023 S&J seed corn detasseling crew
The 2023 detasseling season came to a close for the S&J detasseling crew last week. Workers aged 12 and older began detasseling July 7 in preparation to have seed corn ready for the fall harvest. Throughout the month, the S&J crew was led by cofounder Julie Bohlen and four area supervisors, who are also teachers at Aurora High School -- Michael Ksiazek, Karol Nachtigal, Sheri and Dana…

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