VegetableCorn
Truckers Favorite Yellow Corn
Truckers Favorite Yellow Corn is an early-maturing heirloom dent corn that delivers remarkable speed: you can harvest ears in just 70 days, making it one of the fastest yellows around. This open-pollinated variety grows 6 to 9 feet tall and produces substantial 8- to 12-inch ears with 12 to 14 rows on a distinctive red cob. It thrives across hardiness zones 2 through 13, handling heat and drought with ease, and traces its lineage to T.W. Wood & Sons Seed Co., which introduced this strain as a favorite among market growers and home gardeners alike.
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Growing Conditions
USDA Zone
2-13
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Moderate
Soil
Well-drained, Fertile Loam With Organic Matter
Growth Stats
84 in
Height
TypeUpright
Spacing
10
Plant Profile
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Moderate
Zones
2-13
Size
84in H x ?in W
Growth
—
Care
High
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Highlights
At 70 days to maturity, Truckers Favorite Yellow delivers phenomenal speed without sacrificing ear size or quality. The red cob beneath those 12 to 14 tidy rows gives the corn visual character while the dent-type kernels signal serious starch production. This heirloom performs beautifully in challenging conditions, tolerating both heat and drought, which explains why professional market growers have relied on it for generations.
Common Uses
Truckers Favorite Yellow is a dent corn, bred for dried corn meal, cornmeal grinding, and livestock feed rather than sweet corn eating. The kernels are ideal for processing into flour, polenta, or traditional cornmeal. Home gardeners and small producers value it for seed saving, since it's open-pollinated and true to type year after year.
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Care Instructions
Direct Sow
Direct sow Truckers Favorite Yellow after the last spring frost when soil has warmed to at least 60°F. Plant seeds 1 inch deep, spacing them 10 inches apart in rows 36 inches apart. Corn is an annual and prefers to be direct seeded rather than transplanted.
Harvesting
Truckers Favorite Yellow reaches maturity in 70 to 79 days from sowing. Harvest ears for drying when the kernels have dented at the crown and the husks have dried and pulled back slightly from the ear. The ears will feel firm and the cob will be fully mature. For fresh eating (though not ideal for this variety), harvest when the husks are still green and silks have browned, but dent corn is best allowed to dry fully on the stalk before harvest.
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Companion Planting
Ecology & Traits
Edible
Scientific Classification
Zea mays
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Zea
Growth Habit
Upright
Native Status
L48 (I)PR (I)VI (I)CAN (I)
History & Origin
“Truckers Favorite Yellow was introduced by T.W. Wood & Sons Seed Co., a historic seed house with deep roots in American agriculture. The variety earned its name from the producers who rushed it to market: commercial growers and truck farmers who needed corn that matured fast enough to fit multiple plantings into a single season or to beat weather uncertainties. As an open-pollinated heirloom dent corn, it represents a lineage of practical, proven genetics refined through generations of farming rather than corporate breeding programs.”