2. Pioneer Hi-Bred Our history Today Founded in 1926
First company to develop, produce and market hybrid seed corn
Today
World leader in seed genetics and technology
Sales in 70 countries
8500 employees
$3+ billion in sales
Corn, soybeans, rice, canola
Wheat, sorghum, alfalfa, sunflowers, cotton, juncea
Wholly owned subsidiary of DuPont (1999)

3. 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,

4. Canola Testing Launch – R5 Year 10 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
Lab/Nursery row inbred development
4 year process

5. DuPont launched 2 hybrids for testing in 2008 Full scale sales in 2009
D3150 and D3151
DuPont launched 2 hybrids for testing in Full scale sales in 2009

6. 2009 Yield Data www.expectbigthings.ca
Alberta - D3151 vs Dekalb 71-45

7. 2009 Western Canada Summary
D3151 delivered higher yields than:
DK hybrids 71-45, 72-55, & in 79% of the plots (42 comparisons)
Nexera 4-101, 4-104, & 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)

8. 2009 - AB Yield Summary – D3151 DK 71-45 DK 72-55 DK 72-65 85% 13
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

9. Field trials
Alberta - D3151 vs Dekalb 72-55

10. Field trials
Alberta - D3151 vs Dekalb 72-65
field trial comparisons, D3151 is winning 87% of the time vs Dekalb.
comparisons, D3151 is winning 69% of the time vs Dekalb.

11. PCVT - 3rd party
Roundup Ready
% of check (45H21 & 5020)
D3150
98%
D3151
71-45
45H21
5020
102%
Range of performance is between 81% - 102% for RR

12. Pioneer Canola Breeding - Future
Looking for genetic solutions to grower concerns
Yield improvement - What’s in the pipeline?
Improved disease resistance - Sclerotinia and Clubroot resistance
Improved weed control options
Transgenic Traits - Nitrogen use efficiency, drought tolerance, heat tolerance, frost tolerance

13. Questions