Highest Yielding Open Pollinated Corn Variety

Right now Im growing Bloody Butcher and Montana Lavender Clay corn varieties. Both varieties seem to produce a good yield and I’ve been using them for personal consumption. However, I was wondering if there are any higher producing varieties/ highest producing varieties of open pollinated corn?

Reid's yellow dent was one of the best. Most of our modern hybrids still have a lot of that in their background. Silver King is another. Hickory King.

Thom Bri wrote:Reid's yellow dent was one of the best. Most of our modern hybrids still have a lot of that in their background. Silver King is another. Hickory King.

Awesome thanks, just out of curiosity do happen to know how bushels per acre you get?

I wish yield were measured in volume of micronutrients rather than volume of grain.

Ryan Burkitt wrote:

Thom Bri wrote:Reid's yellow dent was one of the best. Most of our modern hybrids still have a lot of that in their background. Silver King is another. Hickory King.

Awesome thanks, just out of curiosity do happen to know how bushels per acre you get?

My 3 sisters garden has gotten about 59 bushels/acre the last 2 years. Due to weather I am expecting less this year. I have long been curious to find out what it would yield if it were given the full modern agriculture treatment with fertilizer and insect control and ideal spacing between plants.

Ryan Burkitt wrote:............I was wondering if there are any higher producing varieties/ highest producing varieties of open pollinated corn?

I like this seed source and have obtained 'Golden Bantam' from them as an open-pollinated sweet corn in the past.  Also once grew their 'Trucker's Delight' which was TALL!!   Can't say for sure if all of these are open pollinated, but they all do appear to legacy/heirloom varieties.  Hope this helps in some way....

https://victoryseeds.com/collections/corn

Christopher Weeks wrote:I wish yield were measured in volume of micronutrients rather than volume of grain.

I’ve always thought modern varieties would have less nutrients

Thom Bri wrote:

Ryan Burkitt wrote:

Thom Bri wrote:Reid's yellow dent was one of the best. Most of our modern hybrids still have a lot of that in their background. Silver King is another. Hickory King.

Awesome thanks, just out of curiosity do happen to know how bushels per acre you get?

My 3 sisters garden has gotten about 59 bushels/acre the last 2 years. Due to weather I am expecting less this year. I have long been curious to find out what it would yield if it were given the full modern agriculture treatment with fertilizer and insect control and ideal spacing between plants.

That seems very impressive to be getting 59 bushels per acre with the three sisters method. Especially considering the spacing and multiple species of plants involved. I thought one would get 30 bushels maximum with three sisters. I will have to try that.

Ryan Burkitt wrote:

Christopher Weeks wrote:I wish yield were measured in volume of micronutrients rather than volume of grain.

I’ve always thought modern varieties would have less nutrients

I think that’s generally true, but there’s reasonable evidence that it’s directly caused by increased yield. My fear is that nutrient density is (immutability) inversely proportional to yield.

There’s this saying “what gets measured, gets managed” and I worry that we’re just measuring what’s easy instead of what matters.

Christopher Weeks wrote:

Ryan Burkitt wrote:

Christopher Weeks wrote:I wish yield were measured in volume of micronutrients rather than volume of grain.

I’ve always thought modern varieties would have less nutrients

I think that’s generally true, but there’s reasonable evidence that it’s directly caused by increased yield. My fear is that nutrient density is (immutability) inversely proportional to yield.

There’s this saying “what gets measured, gets managed” and I worry that we’re just measuring what’s easy instead of what matters.

It could be the reason why so many people now a days are malnourished in vitamins and minerals. I read a book called “Nutrition and Physical Degenration” that talks about a dentist who studied teeth of  primitive people throughout the world. One group in particular lived in a remote valley of the swiss alps. He analyzed samples of the rye that they grew and it ranged anywhere between 2-4 times the amount of minerals than rye grown conventionally in America. All their teeth were in good condition, never used tooth brushes, but also didn’t eat sugar.