*Advance Services will be recruiting from St. Cloud and Alexandria areas this year!

Advance Services is a full-service staffing company for planned staffing, intent-to-hire, direct placement and seasonal staffing. Founded in 1994, Advance Services has grown to be one of the largest staffing services across the U.S. Our consistent growth has been customer driven, attributed to our staff's experience with a combined 40 years in the agriculture industry.

"The personnel of Advance Services truly values
their employees. I have been extremely well
-treated during my years of employment."
Roger Rine (Crew Leader/Van Driver)

What is detasseling?

Detasseling is the crucial last step in producing hybrid corn seed. It involves removing the pollen producing top part of the plant (the tassel) so the corn cannot pollinate itself. Pollen from another variety of corn grown in the same field will then be carried by the wind to pollinate the corn that has been detasseled. The result is a hybrid corn seed which produces healthier crops with

Why do we detassel?

Machines go through the field before our crews do and remove a percentage of the tassels, but there is still a great need for manual labor to finish the job.

How do we detassel?

A detasseler reaches up, pulls the remaining tassels that were missed by the machines and drops the tassels to the ground.

Why should you detassel?

  • To have a job that still allows time to participate in camps and enjoy vacations.
  • To buy needed items for school or sports.
  • To help buy a car.
  • To save for college.
  • To buy Ipods, Mp3 players or electronic equipment.
  • To have spending money to go to the mall.
  • To learn how to work hard while having fun doing it.

Whatever the reason, corn detasseling is an excellent opportunity for you to learn about teamwork and to earn some money while only having to work 2-4 weeks out of your summer.

Want to detassel?

We'd love to have you become one of our team members! Please take a moment to look over our entire website for all the information you need to make a decision.