Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., a DuPont subsidiary, is dedicated to providing custom, crop-based solutions that improve and sustain lifestyles for people around the world. Increasing populations, changing economies, and limited cultivatable land are significant factors driving Pioneer to use the broad application of plant science to identify more environmentally acceptable ways to improve the value generated from each acre of cropland.

Delivering Improved Seed Genetics

With business operations in nearly 70 countries, Pioneer is the world’s leading developer and supplier of hybrid seed corn and branded varietal soybean seed. Pioneer provides seed for corn, soybeans, sorghum, sunflower, alfalfa, canola, rice and wheat, as well as forage additives, and a variety of services and expertise to help our customers succeed.

Increasing Customer Profitability

Successful customer relationships are key to continued success for Pioneer. In all our relationships, the aim is to understand customer needs and to satisfy those needs by providing a range of products and services that exceed expectations.

• Cutting-Edge Science: Pioneer develops seed products through a combination of new technologies, such as gene mapping and gene transfer, along with conventional plant breeding and improvement practices. Pioneer researchers invented and continue to perfect many plant improvement technologies. A dedicated commitment to research allows the company to continually deliver new, better-performing products. Sales of those products help fund research to develop tomorrow’s generation of high-performing products.
  
  
• Reliable Supplies of the Highest Quality Seed: Our seed is produced, conditioned, and packaged at facilities strategically located throughout important crop production regions around the globe. Whether we deliver seed in two-kilogram packages or in bulk containers that hold more than a ton, our products meet the industry’s highest quality standards. That quality is ensured by certification through ISO 9001, the internationally recognized organization for quality management systems.
  
  
• Redefining Agricultural Productivity:Our future and the future of agriculture depend on developing plants that have new uses or enhanced value. Pioneer’s knowledge of the grain value chain, which begins with its premier library of plant genetics and extends all the way to the consumer, is second to none. That knowledge is instrumental in identifying new markets and uses for grain and oil seeds, and in developing specific products and systems to meet those needs.
  
  

New technologies have increased our knowledge of how plants function, improving our ability to develop plants that redefine productivity and profitability throughout the agricultural value chain. By developing products that are resistant to specific herbicides, Pioneer is giving our customers access to newer, more cost-effective weed control options. The herbicides work better against problem weeds, and are friendlier to the environment – and to the user – than crop protection products used a generation ago.

Delivering Custom Solutions on Every Continent

Pioneer, often by partnering with other DuPont businesses, provides unmatched custom solutions to the world’s farmers and food processors. Those solutions enable farmers and processors to deliver food and products that create an improved, sustainable lifestyle for people everywhere.

Farming practices and the agricultural value chain varies greatly from one country to another…and from one farmer to the next. Pioneer works closely with customers to make sure they have the products, information, and services that fit their specific operation on a field-by-field basis.

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