Detassling images - Joel Sartore

Photo: Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer -- rain doesn't stop this crew near Central City, NE.

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Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer — rain doesn’t stop this crew near Central City, NE.

Photo: Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer -- rain doesn't stop this crew near Central City, NE.

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Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer — rain doesn’t stop this crew near Central City, NE.

Photo: Detasslers bite their nails in anticipation as they wait to find out how much money they've made.

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Detasslers bite their nails in anticipation as they wait to find out how much money they’ve made. Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn. (Seed corn is harvested and then planted by farmers to grow corn for livestock feed, food additives, and ethanol production.)

Photo: A detassler breaks for lunch.

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A detassler breaks for lunch. Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn. (Seed corn is harvested and then planted by farmers to grow corn for livestock feed, food additives, and ethanol production.)

Photo: Tired detasslers sleep on the way home from a long day.

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Tired detasslers sleep on the way home from a long day. Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn. (Seed corn is harvested and then planted by farmers to grow corn for livestock feed, food additives, and ethanol production.)

Photo: Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn.

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Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn. (Seed corn is harvested and then planted by farmers to grow corn for livestock feed, food additives, and ethanol production.)

Photo: Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn.

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Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn. (Seed corn is harvested and then planted by farmers to grow corn for livestock feed, food additives, and ethanol production.)

Photo: Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn.

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Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn. (Seed corn is harvested and then planted by farmers to grow corn for livestock feed, food additives, and ethanol production.)

Photo: Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn.

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Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn. (Seed corn is harvested and then planted by farmers to grow corn for livestock feed, food additives, and ethanol production.)

Photo: Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn.

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Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn. (Seed corn is harvested and then planted by farmers to grow corn for livestock feed, food additives, and ethanol production.)

Photo: Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn.

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Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn. (Seed corn is harvested and then planted by farmers to grow corn for livestock feed, food additives, and ethanol production.)

Photo: Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn.

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Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer as they remove the tassels from seed corn. (Seed corn is harvested and then planted by farmers to grow corn for livestock feed, food additives, and ethanol production.)

Photo: Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer -- rain doesn't stop this crew near Central City, NE.

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Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer — rain doesn’t stop this crew near Central City, NE.

Photo: Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer -- rain doesn't stop this crew near Central City, NE.

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Detassling crews put in long, tough days during the summer — rain doesn’t stop this crew near Central City, NE.

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