Tag Archives: Field Crops

Shoe Butterfly

Posted on July 25, 2013 by the roused bear

My sons are working detasseling jobs this summer.  Seed corn companies hire high-school and college aged kids to pull the male flower–the tassel–off of a corn plant to prevent pollination.  The corn plants are pollinated from rows of corn of … Continue reading →

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That’s Just Wrong

Posted on December 3, 2012 by the roused bear

I am on a listserve that discusses insects in Iowa.  Recently someone brought up a topic about cornfields.  A blog on the National Public Radio webpage mentioned a photographer who went around the world photographing all of the living things he … Continue reading →

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