Image Corntassel 7095.jpg 100px right thumb The tassel of a corn plant Detasseling corn is removing the pollen ... selected so that the new variety will exhibit specific traits found in the parent plants. The detasseling ... detasseling Image Detasseling machine in field.jpg 250px right thumb A typical detasseling machine Nearly all detasseling is done in two steps the field is first detasseled by machine and then detasseled manually. Machine detasseling itself is typically a two step process. Initially a detasseling machine ... moving at a high speed. This removes the majority of the tassels. Detasseling machines typically ... detasseling Image Detasseler carrier in seed corn field.jpg 250px right thumb A typical detasseler carrier these specialized tractors are used when detasseling on foot is impractical. Whether or not a field ... carrier can hold from eight to twelve detasselers. Detasseling work is usually performed by teens ... conditions of any given year. The detasseling season typically lasts from two to four ... per hour. Individual wages depend on the seed corn company, the detasseling contractor, the experience ..., percentage of the tassels pulled by a detasseling machine or the height of the corn. The manner by which wages are determined can also vary greatly between detasseling contractors. Some pay a straight ... Early 20th century Detasseling was used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the ear row method ... in alternating rows and detasseling one of the varieties. This method of seed production also proved ... to greatly reduce their labor costs by producing seed corn without the need for manual detasseling ... detasseling and as a response to a shrinking rural teen labor force. In the 1980s male sterile varieties ... 51 52 Today corn hybridization is accomplished by a combination of machine and manual detasseling ... Byron given Ellen Authorlink year 2002 title Detasseling, a Midwest Rite Of Passage, Faces Extinction ... Detasseling Faces Extinction9aug02.htm Citation surname1 Copeland given1 Lawrence O. surname2 McDonald ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 A Hiboy is a specialized, high clearance type of farm tractor designed to operate in high crops without damaging them. The largest producer of hiboys is Hagie Manufacturing Hagie Manufacturing Company of Clarion, Iowa , United States. The most common uses of hiboys are for detasseling , spraying herbicides, and applying Roundup herbicide Roundup directly to weeds growing above crop height with a wick or wiper. Category Agricultural machinery Agri stub ... more details
Hagie Manufacturing is an agricultural machinery manufacturer in Clarion, Iowa , United States . The world s first self propelled sprayer was a three wheeled machine built in 1947 by Ray Hagie, the founder of Hagie Manufacturing. Hagie is now a premier manufacturer of hiboy sprayer s and detasseling detasselers . Citation needed date December 2008 Story of Hagie Ray Hagie never intended to produce the world s first self propelled sprayer. He wanted to grow hybrid corn. In fact, his first piece of equipment a detasseler was built for his own seed corn fields. But as Hagie Hybrids continued to grow, so did demand for his above the crop equipment. Hagie s Iowa farmstead became the birthplace of Hagie Manufacturing and the world s first self propelled sprayer. Expansion Hagie Manufacturing is Clarion s home grown industry and one of the leading employers of the Wright County community. In recent years Hagie has experienced significant and impressive growth. In 2001 Hagie employed 109 people in Clarion, today 2009 they employ about 330 people. The completed a plant expansion in 2007 of convert 75000 sqft m2 abbr on . to their factory in Clarion. This will have a good impact on the City of Clarion, an Iowa community of about 3,000 people. Citation needed date December 2008 Diversification In March 2008, Hagie Manufacturing Company purchased Vammas, a division of the Patria company in Finland, makers of airport snow removal equipment. Hagie Manufacturing Company had been using a snow plow made by Vammas on their GST20 airport machine. The acquisition included the Snow Removal Equipment SRE portion of Vammas. Future plans have all production of the snow removal equipment to the Clarion, Iowa facility. External links http www.hagie.com Hagie Manufacturing http www.clarion iowa.com Clarion, Iowa http www.wrightcounty.org Wright County, Iowa Category Tractor manufacturers of the United States Category Agricultural machinery manufacturers Category Companies based in Iowa ... more details
Kendall D. Gott born July 4, 1960 is an Army veteran of Desert Storm, the Senior Historian at the US Army Combat Studies Institute, and author of several works. He is most noted as a Civil War historian and is a frequent speaker at various Civil War roundtables and staff rides. Early life Gott is a native of Peoria, Illinois, and attended Rolling Acres Grade School 1974 and Richwoods High School 1978 . He is an Eagle Scout and was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. During high school he was employed as a busboy and dishwasher at local restaurants, a stock boy at a small grocery store, and an assistant greens keeper at a nearby golf course. He proudly notes though that his first job was detasseling corn, which is a traditional rite of passage for young workers in central Illinois. U.S. Army, 1978 2000 Gott enlisted in the Army and served in Germany with the 3rd Armored Division in Frankfurt as an Intelligence Analyst. He temporarily left the service, joined ROTC, and attained a BA in history from Western Illinois University in 1983. He returned to the Army and was assigned to Baumholder, Germany as a 2nd Lieutenant in Armor. At the end of this tour Gott returned to the Military Intelligence branch after experiencing significant hearing loss. Gott held a variety of staff and command positions and was stationed stateside at Fort Huachuca, AZ Picatinny Arsenal, NJ Fort Polk, LA, Fort Leavenworth, KS and Fort Gordon, GA. He completed three tours in Germany in Frankfurt, Baumholder, and N rnberg. At Fort Polk he was seriously injured during a parachute jump, with the effects plaguing him to this day. He earned a Masters of Military Art and Science MMAS from the US Army Command and General Staff College in 1998. Gott retired as a Major P . His combat experience consists of the Persian Gulf War Desert Storm with the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment and Operation Desert Fox with the 513th Military Intelligence Brigade. Post army 2000 2002 Like many Army retirees, Gott faced s ... more details
Infobox Officeholder name Don Stenberg image Don Stenberg.jpg governor Dave Heineman office Treasurer of Nebraska predecessor Shane Osborn successor term start 2011 term end governor2 Ben Nelson br Mike Johanns office2 30th Attorney General of Nebraska predecessor2 Robert M. Spire successor2 Jon Bruning term start2 1991 term end2 2003 alma mater University of Nebraska Lincoln , Harvard Law School , Harvard Business School occupation Attorney birth date September 30, 1948 birth place Tekamah, Nebraska residence party Republican Party United States Republican spouse Sue Hoegemeyer children religion website http stenbergforsenate.com Don Stenberg is a Republican Party United States Republican politician and Lawyer attorney from Nebraska . He served as Attorney General of Nebraska from 1991 to 2003 and currently serves as State Treasurer of Nebraska to which he took office in 2011. He also served as legal counsel to Governor of Nebraska Governor Charles Thone from 1979 to 1983. Early life, education, and law career Stenberg was born and raised in Tekamah, Nebraska . To pay for college, he Detasseling detasseled corn, hauled bales , mowed lawns, and life guard ed at the local swimming pool. After graduating from University of Nebraska Lincoln 1970 , Harvard Law School 1974 , and Harvard Business School 1974 he practiced law in Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln . ref http stenbergforsenate.com about don more about don ref Early political career 1978 1989 1978 run for Lieutenant Governor In 1978, Stenberg ran for Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska , coming in fourth in the Republican primary with just 13 of the vote. Roland A. Luedtke won the primary with a plurality of 31 . ref http www.ourcampaigns.com RaceDetail.html?RaceID 653220 ref Thone administration In 1979, he was named as Legal Counsel to Republican Governor of Nebraska Charles Thone . Don has also served as Director of the Governor s Policy Research Office, Assistant to the Governor, and Director of the Department of Admi ... more details
Infobox musical artist name DJ Ashba Birth image AshbaHelsinkiLive.jpg caption DJ Ashba live with Guns N Roses in Helsinki on June 5th 2010 image size 220 background solo singer birth name Daren Jay Ashba alias DJ birth date birth date and age 1972 11 10 birth place Monticello , Indiana , United States U.S. instrument Guitar , Drum kit drums , Percussion instrument percussion , piano , Keyboard instrument keyboard s, violin genre heavy metal music Heavy metal , glam metal , hard rock occupation Musician , guitarist , songwriter , record producer producer , graphic designer years active 1991 present label Eleven Seven Music , Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. associated acts Beautiful Creatures band Beautiful Creatures , BulletBoys , Guns N Roses , Sixx A.M. Associated acts in alphabetical order website URL http www.djashba.com Daren Jay DJ Ashba born November 10, 1972 is an United States American musician, producer, songwriter and CEO of Ashba Media. He is the lead guitarist in Guns N Roses and Sixx A.M. He is also known for his work with hard rock bands BulletBoys and Beautiful Creatures band Beautiful Creatures . Ashba has worked with various artists including M tley Cr e , Drowning Pool , Marion Raven , Aimee Allen and Neil Diamond . Biography Early life Ashba was born in Monticello, Indiana and was raised in rural Fairbury, Illinois by his religious single mother, a classically trained pianist, who began teaching him about music as a toddler. Dj performed in his first piano recital at the age of five, where he played Beethoven s Ode to Joy. Ashba s next ambition was to learn the drums. He built kits out of garbage cans and pots and pans, until he finally acquired a real set at the age of six. When he was eight, Dj took a job detasseling corn in the fields in order to earn enough money to buy his first guitar out of the Sears catalog. He would ride to his job in the corn fields on the bus with a guitar player from a local band, who would teach him a new chord eac ... more details
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