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Pioneer Audio Tour

by Pioneer Seeds · 16 episodes

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  1. “Great soil and great land but a great number of resistant weeds.”

    Weeds are getting tougher, which is why Pioneer offers many unique HT trait options. The best defense is more defenses.

    1 min
  2. “We’ve taken to the air.”

    A helicopter tour examines how state-of-the-art production facilities turn seed corn into corn seed.

    1 min
  3. “The technology I’m talking about is in the seed.”

    When we say “advanced technology,” we aren’t talking about the latest smartphone but the power of Pioneer® brand Qrome® products.

    1 min
  4. “Sorghum country. But also, sugarcane aphid country.”

    It takes 60,000 test plots to dominate the industry in yield potential and sugarcane-aphid tolerance.

    30 sec
  5. “It’s like a tornado on wheels.”

    No, it’s not a natural disaster — it’s a mobile wind machine. Just one of Pioneer’s precision phenotyping tools to improve performance.

    1 min
  6. “Here they can throw a lot more stressors at sunflowers.”

    To develop sunflowers that consistently perform better than the competition, we put them through the wringer.

    30 sec
  7. “I see a couple of Pioneer scientists out in the fields now.”

    Pioneer scientists are working in the fields and labs to bring you stronger pest protection plus yield potential in Pioneer® brand Qrome® products.

    1 min
  8. “Weather, soil conditions, diseases, pests.”

    Every location is unique, which is why Pioneer has nearly 50 multi-crop research centers all over the country.

    1 min
  9. “A small black dot hovering in the field.”

    Drones turn aerial data into real insights. Better data from the sky leads to better-performing crops on your acres.

    1 min
  10. “The wind is picking up and I can see lightning strikes.”

    Because of local testing in some of the toughest conditions, Pioneer sees consistent performance across the board.

    1 min
  11. “I see robotic arms and all sorts of specialized machines.”

    When you expand the DNA screening process, you accelerate the corn- and soybean-development process.

    1 min
  12. “I’m in a huge, long, tube-like chamber.”

    At this stage, only the top contenders, like Pioneer® brand A-Series soybeans, advance to the next phase.

    1 min
  13. “This is where it all begins.”

    This library is not stocked with books. It’s filled with elite corn and soybean germplasm with pedigrees that go back nearly 100 years.

    1 min
  14. “Insects. Lots of them.”

    The more you know about insects, the better you can develop corn and soybean products to withstand insect pressure.

    1 min
  15. “There are racks and racks of servers.”

    When you crunch 125 billion corn and soybean genetic data points every year, it takes sophisticated algorithms to turn gigabytes into insights.

    1 min
  16. “One building after another. I’ve lost count.”

    Take a trip to Pioneer’s largest R&D center where scientists and breeders are creating the next generation of leading corn and soybean products.

    1 min
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