Investor Presentaiton
DELIVERING BETTER PRODUCTS
Creating new and improved products is a continual process at Pioneer, where researchers are
devoted to the following efforts to help customers:
Herbicide Resistance - Researchers are working on projects based on effectiveness, compatibility,
flexibility, crop safety, environmental safety and price. Herbicide-resistant hybrids offer farmers
environmentally friendly options for weed control.
Insect Resistance - Work in this area is focused on developing hybrids with increased
protection against European corn borer, corn rootworm, armyworm and earworm.
Disease Resistance - Pioneer researchers have developed hybrids with enhanced resistance
to diseases such as gray leaf spot, and are working to reduce damage from other diseases.
Drought Tolerance
Researchers are working on hybrids with greater ability to withstand
drought conditions. This will be particularly important as stress on the world's water resources
continues to increase.
Quality Traits - Research efforts concentrate on characteristics such as whole plant digestibility
for livestock production, energy content and others. Along with testing maize hybrid characteristics,
researchers also gauge animal production performance. Because most of the grain grown is fed
to livestock, Pioneer researchers are investing a great deal of effort to make our seed produce
better feed for animal consumption.
Maize for Human Consumption - Researchers are developing yellow and white maize hybrids
for human consumption to meet the growing demand in South Africa, Mexico and the United
States. PioneerĀ® brand products have captured roughly 80 percent of the North American market
share for white maize hybrids, and 50-60 percent of the North American yellow dent maize
market for human consumption.
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