About Us

NATS Detasseling, Inc. was founded in 1998 by Dawn Buell through the encouragement of her husband. Her desire was to create a detasseling company that both parents and seed corn companies could trust. A positive work environment, accurate bookkeeping, and exceptional field work have given us a solid reputation here in southeast Nebraska.

After attending Bible college in Minnesota for a year, Dawn graduated from UNL in 1990 with a degree in Secondary Education. She and her family are actively involved at Lincoln Berean Church and in the homeschool community in Lincoln.

A Different Kind of Detasseling Company

Welcome to Not Afraid to Sweat (NATS) Detasseling, Inc!., the only detasseling company to ever have earned the Better Business Bureau Integrity Award! In 2009, NATS was pleased to accept this highly prestigious award and we are so grateful to all of our wonderful employees who have helped make this company what it is today. This summer NATS is excited to celebrate its 14th year in business here in the Lincoln area, and fourth year in Omaha.

In 1998, we started out with two simple goals in mind. First and foremost, we wanted to create a detasseling company that teens and parents could trust. And secondly, we recognized a need to provide high quality detasseling services for seed corn companies.

We hope you will find our site helpful and informative. Although detasseling is hard work, it's a great way for teens in southeast Nebraska to earn extra cash during the summer, while still leaving most of the summer free for other activities. Each year NATS hires 400-500 teens, and many of them often return the following summer.

Please click on our page, Nebraska Updates, on the left for up-to-date information, and we encourage you to read our What Others Say page to see firsthand why parents and teens choose NATS. Thanks for visiting our site!!

NATS will also be featured soon in a national magazine put out by Reader's Digest called Country Woman. It should hit the stands somewhere around April 22nd.