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Pioneer Hi-Bred
• Our historyFounded in 1926First company to develop, produce and market hybrid seed corn
• TodayWorld leader in seed genetics and technology
Sales in 70 countries8500 employees$3+ billion in salesCorn, 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
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
Launch – R5
Year 10
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)
Competitive Products
D3151 Outperforming # of Comparisons
DK 71-45
DK 72-55
DK 72-65
85% 13
CAN 1852
CAN 1855
CAN 1956
100% 3
BY 4414
BY 6020
BY 6040
100% 3
2009 - AB Yield Summary – D3151
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 partyRoundup Ready
% of check (45H21 & 5020)
D3150 98%
D3151 98%
71-45 98%
45H21 98%
5020 102%
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
resistanceImproved weed control options Transgenic Traits - Nitrogen use efficiency, drought tolerance,
heat tolerance, frost tolerance
Questions