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Weather delays start of detasseling to August

Amy Hadachek
Jun 20, 2019
Jun 20, 2019 Updated Jun 25, 2020

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The 2019 planting season has been exceptionally challenging due to continued rainfall. Because of this, seed experts expected that planting in Nebraska would easily stretch into or just past mid-June, in turn pushing back the detasseling season into mid- to late August.

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