William Woody, Special to The Denver PostMigrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostAn ear of Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn is opened in a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021. According to Tuxedo Corn Company farmer David Harold, the company will ship 750,000 boxes of corn this year. At 48 ears per box, this equals 36,000,000 ears of corn.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostMigrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostMigrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostMigrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostMigrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostMigrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostEckert Colorado food stand operator Gary Espinoza watches from a truck as workers fill boxes of Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021. Espinoza was one of a few trucks picking up corn to sell at roadside stands across the Western Slope.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostMigrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostMigrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostTuxedo Corn Company farmer and founder John Harold of Olathe checks his crop in a field west of Olathe Friday July 16, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostMigrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostA Tuxedo Corn Company worker checks an ear of corn during harvest in a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostA Tuxedo Corn Company worker holds readies a packing slip during harvest in a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostMigrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostMigrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostMigrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
William Woody, Special to The Denver PostMigrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
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Migrant workers with the Tuxedo Corn Company of Olathe harvest the first ears of the 2021 Olathe Sweet Sweet Corn crop from a field west of Olathe in the Pea Green area Saturday morning, July 17, 2021.
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The Tuxedo Corn Co., founded in Olathe, is in its 35th year of production. Company farmer David Harold said this year’s efforts will produce an estimated 750,000 boxes of the Tuxedo’s trademark “Olathe Sweet” sweet corn. At 48 ears per box, that calculates to 36 million ears of corn headed to consumers. The first truck leaves the field at 6:37 a.m., bound for Tuxedo’s production facility where the ears are iced and put on trucks bound for supermarkets across Colorado and beyond. Tuxedo ships to 30 states across the country reaching supermarkets in Fairfax, Virginia and Anchorage, Alaska. Photos Special to The Denver Post / William Woody
