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Pioneer Hi-Bred . Our history Founded in 1926 First company to develop, produce and market hybrid seed corn Today World leader in seed genetics and technology Sales in 70 countries 8500 employees $3+ billion in sales Corn, soybeans, rice, canola
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Pioneer Hi-Bred Our history Founded in 1926 First company to develop, produce and market hybrid seed corn Today World leader in seed genetics and technology Sales in 70 countries 8500 employees $3+ billion in sales Corn, soybeans, rice, canola Wheat, sorghum, alfalfa, sunflowers, cotton, juncea Wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont (1999)
Pioneer Hi-Bred came to Canada in 1946 At one time Pioneer genetics had 33% MS Today Pioneer has 18% MS Canola production location Lethbridge (new state-of-the-art canola facility) Research locations Edmonton, Saskatoon, Carman, Chatham, Woodstock, Georgetown, Coteau-du-Lac,
Canola Testing Launch – R5 Year 10 Mandatory Registration – 2 years Year 8 and 9 PAT testing – during Co-op 2 Year – R4 Prelim hybrid yield testing – 3 years Year 7 Year 6 Year 5 Lab/Nursery row inbred development 4 year process
DuPont launched 2 hybrids for testing in 2008 Full scale sales in 2009 D3150 and D3151
2009 Yield Datawww.expectbigthings.ca Alberta - D3151 vs Dekalb 71-45
2009 Western Canada Summary D3151 delivered higher yields than: DK hybrids 71-45, 72-55, & 72-65 in 79% of the plots (42 comparisons) Nexera 4-101, 4-104, 4-105 & 845 CL in 100% of the plots (4 comparisons) Canterra 1818, 1841, 1852, 1855, 1768 & 1956 in 89% of the plots (35 comparisons) Brett Young hybrids 4414, 4424, 6020 & 6040 in 100% of the plots (14 comparisons)
Field trials Alberta - D3151 vs Dekalb 72-55
Field trials Alberta - D3151 vs Dekalb 72-65 • 2009 - 23 field trial comparisons, D3151 is winning 87% of the time vs Dekalb. • 2008 - 55 comparisons, D3151 is winning 69% of the time vs Dekalb.
PCVT - 3rd party Range of performance is between 81% - 102% for RR
Pioneer Canola Breeding - Future Looking for genetic solutions to grower concerns Yield improvement - What’s in the pipeline? Improved disease resistance - Sclerotinia and Clubroot resistance Improved weed control options Transgenic Traits - Nitrogen use efficiency, drought tolerance, heat tolerance, frost tolerance