Pioneer is at the forefront of changing the way corn is developed and revolutionizing the way it will perform in the field. Join Matt Brechwald, farmer and ag podcaster, as he talks with the geneticists, breeders and agronomists at Pioneer who are leading the Corn Revolution.
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4 min
Welcome To The Pioneer Tour Podcast
What makes Pioneer, Pioneer? It’s not just one thing. It’s many things. Many people, many places, many facts. Join Matt Brechwald, farmer and ag podcaster, as he talks to Pioneer b…
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11 min
“You know, it’s kind of that silent soldier, right?”
Matt wants to know more about something he heard in episode two: seed treatment.
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15 min
“I think right now even, we’re in another revolution.”
Matt finds out just how seed corn becomes corn seed during the production process.
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11 min
“I think everybody’s reaction was, ‘this is going to be a really big deal’.”
Matt learned about Qrome® technology in episode one, but now he wants to know how it’s performing out in the fields.
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11 min
“We’ve had a pretty volatile environment from beginning to end to deal with.”
Matt and his guests survey how Pioneer products performed in this year’s crazy conditions across the corn belt.
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9 min
“Plant health across our products are really helping make harvest smoother.”
Matt checks on the harvestability of Pioneer hybrids this season.
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9 min
“Well, I think there’s a lot of things that are making those yields great.”
Matt discovers what’s making yield across the Corn Belt perform so well in 2019.
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9 min
“Defensive characteristics are just the beginning to Qrome.”
Matt talks with Pioneer scientists and breeders about the newest product coming out of the Corn Revolution. Introducing: Pioneer® brand Qrome® products.
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13 min
I finally have a grasp of the Corn Revolution.
Matt puts together a wrap-up show, to tell the Corn Revolution story through some of his favorite, most insightful quotes. Hear about the start of the revolution in 1919, the major…
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33 min
We’re the only company who can put all the pieces together.
Matt speaks with Matt Smalley, North America Corn Breeding Group team lead, to get a big-picture look at the Corn Revolution and why it can only come from Pioneer. From start to fi…
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34 min
Less than 1% make it to commercial.
Amy Blahnik visits the Corn Revolution podcast to tell Matt about the lucky few seeds that make it through the gauntlet. Amy, head of the Global Population Development team and the…
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26 min
We can trace an inbred from the 1920s all the way to today.
Matt dives deep into the Corn Revolution with Dean Podlich, Breeding Systems team lead. They explore how the vast history of the Pioneer genetics library helps today, why data coll…
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37 min
It’s like being able to build with smaller and smaller building blocks.
Matt goes in-depth with Hillary Sullivan, Research Director, to learn how Pioneer technologists take a peek under the hood of seeds, how to create a faster feedback loop for innova…
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7 min
I’m calling this the halftime show.
Matt replays some of his favorite highlights from the first half of the Corn Revolution podcast series. He is piecing together what the Corn Revolution is all about, and the big-pi…
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30 min
We generate 80 billion data points across corn every year.
Matt speaks with Andrea Arias, who works in Data Science and Informatics, to discover the vast amounts of testing data that Pioneer collects, how they turn that data into insights…
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39 min
It’s like having a small combine in your pocket.
Matt interviews Neil Hausmann, Field Sensing lead, to learn about innovative phenotyping tools used in the field like mobile image analysis and drone imaging, and hears about Neil’…
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30 min
It’s about midnight when thunderstorms come through.
Matt’s guest is Andy Baumgarten, Senior Research Scientist and Lead of Applied Breeding Technologies and Genomics. He hears about testing standability traits in fields throughout t…
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26 min
Rather than 30 lottery tickets, you can buy 30,000.
Matt speaks with Emily Ziemke, North American Corn Technology Lead, to learn all about predictive analytics: how it has dramatically shortened the seed development timeline, how it…
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37 min
Does it deserve to be in a Pioneer bag?
Matt talks to Brandon Wardyn, Evaluation Zone lead in Maize Product Development Testing. He explores the delicate balance of yield versus consistency, the breeding side of the Corn…
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25 min
That massive influx of R&D.
Neal Hoss, North America Corn product manager, joins Matt to discuss the extensive role of agronomy at Pioneer and how the additional year of field testing led to more consistent y…