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For decades, corn detasseling was a customary summer job for teenagers in Nebraska and the rest of the Corn Belt. In recent years, however, agriculture companies are relying more on migrant labor to do this work through a visa program meant to supplement the local workforce.
For decades, corn detasseling was a customary summer job for teenagers in Nebraska and the rest of the Corn Belt. In recent years, however, agriculture companies are relying more on migrant labor to do this work through a visa program meant to supplement the local workforce.
Midwest teenagers have long been hired to walk fields of corn and help out with the pollination in a process called detasseling. A Nebraska Public Media investigation found seed companies have posted jobs to avoid teens and opt for migrant workers instead.