Summer is officially here, which means it’s time for Stine’s seasonal employees to come on board. Each year, Stine hires seasonal employees to help work on the Stine seed corn nursery in Adel, Iowa. Stine anticipates hiring around 400 seasonal employees this summer, many of which will work as seed corn detasselers. Most of these hires are recruited from local communities.
Seed corn detasseling typically begins in late June or early July and lasts between three to six weeks, depending on multiple factors, including the weather. Seed corn detasselers will detassel more than 4,300 acres of seed corn. That’s a lot of ground to cover in six weeks, but their hard work will not go unnoticed. Stine’s seasonal employees can make a couple thousand dollars for approximately a month’s worth of work. Not a bad way to save money for college. Parents — take note for next year!
Please join us in welcoming this year’s seasonal employees!