World's Largest Ear of Corn

The monument went up in the summer of 1973. The West Central Tribune, as quoted in that item, says a sign-company representative and a Trojan Seed Company communications director took the idea of a giant ear to the company's founder, Bob Rauenhorst, who insisted it be at least two feet longer than any other corn monument. They knew of one near Rochester and were told it was 23 feet long. Mpls.St.Paul Magazine reported in September 2026 that the result was a 25-foot ear atop a 25-foot-tall gazebo on the west side of town, which officially holds the title of World's Largest Ear of Corn.

The chamber gives 50 feet overall; the West Central Tribune, as quoted by the World Record Academy, says the ear is 25 feet long and stands atop a building that makes it 50 feet high, and Mpls.St.Paul Magazine describes a 25-foot ear atop a 25-foot gazebo. The World Record Academy item, quoting Destination Small Town, places the monument at Memorial Park along Highway 212 and says it commemorates the start of modern hybrid seed corn production in Olivia.

The West Central Tribune notes that travellers often stop to pose for photographs in front of it.