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About the Pioneer® Brand Soybean

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. Watch Video
- Here Dr. Streit describes new products coming out of the Pioneer soybean research pipeline. Watch Video
- Learn more about Accelerated Yield Technology (AYT™) in soybeans. Watch Video

Bred to Yield, Built to Defend 

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

Bred to Yield

Built to Defend

Bringing Products to Market - Faster

Focused on the Future with the Pioneer Pipeline

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

Bred to Yield

2008 Regional Yield Data
- Eastern
- Central
- Northern
- Southern
- Western

Built to Defend

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


Optimum®, GAT® and the Optimum Design are trademarks of Pioneer Hi-Bred.
The Optimum® GAT® trait will not be available for sale or use until regulatory approval has been granted.

RR = Contains the Roundup Ready® gene.




® Roundup Ready is a registered trademark used under license from Monsanto Company.