Pioneer® brand Soybean Varieties

Introducing the new Y Series soybeans

Meet the new Pioneer® brand Y Series soybeans. Y as in Yes to the Accelerated Yield Technology (AYT™) system and resistance to many key pests. Yes, they’re a step up from anything else on the market. Yes, they are here now, not years down the road. And, Yes, you can get in touch with your Pioneer sales professional and ask about new Y Series soybeans for planting next season.

The 32 new Y Series Pioneer® brand varieties outyielded competitor varieties on average by 5%, with several Pioneer varieties 6-10% higher yielding, in more than 1,800 side-by-side comparisons last fall.

Welcome to the future of soybean yields. Welcome to Y Series.

Leon Streit, Sr. Research Scientist, recently spoke to customers about soybean research at Pioneer.

- Dr. Streit discusses yield trends in soybeans.
- Here Dr. Streit describes new products coming out of the Pioneer soybean research pipeline.
- Learn more about Accelerated Yield Technology (AYT™) in soybeans.
- Promising new Y Series varieties being introduced into the marketplace in 2008.

John Soper, Pioneer soybean research director, discusses the science behind “bred to yield” and “built to defend.”

Bred to Yield

Using Marker-Assisted Selection (MAS) to Boost Soybean Yields

Built to Defend

Defensive Trait Packages Benefit Growers

Bringing Products to Market - Faster

Today’s Cutting-Edge Technologies Just Tip of Iceberg

Focused on the Future with the Pioneer Pipeline

Pioneer Pipeline: Optimum™ GAT™

Listen to more audios from John Soper about Pioneer brand soybeans.

Bred to Yield

2007 Regional Yield Data
- Eastern
- Northern
- Southern
- Western

2007 National Yield Data
- Corn Yield Data:
70-89 CRM
90-99 CRM
100-105 CRM
106-110 CRM
111-114 CRM
115-120 CRM

- Soybean Yield Data (includes varieties with the Roundup Ready® gene and other products)

Built to Defend

- How Pioneer uses defensive traits to guard against soybean aphids.
- More on Soybean Aphids
- Soybean Cyst Nematode

Last Modified:July 15, 2008

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