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Detasseling corn—once a rite of passage for Nebraska teens, paying decent cash and offering summer work before the heat—is fading as farms shrink and machines take over. This year, a few crews still hit the fields in Kearney and Minden, mostly young adults aged 14 to 25, braving dew, mud, and bugs with minimal gear. It’s tough, gritty labor, but for some, it’s tradition alive—and a quiet sign of how farming is changing.

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