Who is your #HarvestHero

HarvestHero

It takes a whole team to keep harvest rolling. Nominate your #HarvestHero by sharing a photo of them with #HarvestHero and tagging us, @PioneerSeeds. Five winners each week will win a #HarvestHero prize pack to keep them fueled all harvest long! Start nominating today on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Official Rules

Corteva Agriscience “Harvest Hero Hashtag Contest” OFFICIAL RULES

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST. PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. INTERNET ACCESS IS REQUIRED TO ENTER.

Entry Period

Corteva Agriscience “Harvest Hero Hashtag Contest” SWEEPSTAKES (the “Contest”) begins at 12:00 a.m. Central Time (“CT”) on Sunday, September 15 and ends at 12:00 PM CT on Saturday, November 23, 2019 (the “Entry Period”). The beginning and ending times of the Contest shall be determined by the computers of Sponsor or its delegates.

Eligibility

The Contest is open to legal residents of the Fifty (50) United States and District of Columbia, who are twenty-one (21) years of age or older at time of entry. Void where prohibited. The following persons are not eligible to enter the Contest: (a) persons who on or after September 15, 2019, were or are a director, officer, or employee of Sponsor, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective agents, advertising and promotion agencies; (b) individuals engaged in the development, production, or distribution of materials for this Contest; and/or (c) persons who are not eligible to lawfully participate in the Contest.

Agreement

AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES AND DECISIONS: By participating in the Contest, each participant unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules, the terms and conditions of the Official Contest Entry Form, and the decisions of Sponsor, including, without limitation, decisions regarding eligibility of entries, the selection of entrants and winners, and the awarding of prizes, which shall be final and binding in all respects.

How to Enter

There are two ways to enter. Enter by posting a photo or video depicting who is your Harvest hero and enter the hashtag #HarvestHero and by tagging us, #PioneerSeeds on a public Twitter, Instagram or Facebook account during the Entry Period (the “hashtag submission”). A hashtag submission may only be submitted by a single registered user and may not be edited or resubmitted in any form after it has been submitted.

To enter without submitting a hashtag submission, hand print your name, complete address, telephone number and date of birth on a postcard and mail via first-class mail to: Corteva Agriscience, Harvest Hero Hashtag Contest Entry; 7100 NW 62nd Ave, Johnston, Iowa.

All entries must be received during the Entry Period. For purposes of these Official Rules, receipt of entry occurs when the hashtag submission is uploaded to a public Twitter, Facebook or Instagram page (if applicable). Submissions received by Sponsor after the end of the Entry Period will not be considered.

Multiple entries from the same entrant are permitted but each entry must be different and submitted separately, whether such entry is a photo/video submission or non-photo/video entry submitted through the Contest Website. Entries and photo/video submissions become the sole property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, undelivered, stolen, invalid, misdirected, misplaced, damaged, altered, illegible, corrupted, unreadable, or incomplete entries, all of which will be disqualified. Proof of submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.

Selection of Winners/Odds

Weekly Prize Winners: In accordance with the schedule below, Sponsor (or Sponsor’s delegate) will randomly select five winners from all eligible entries received that week to be a Weekly Prize Winner.

- The first weekly prize period begins on Sunday, September 15, 2019 (00:00:01, CT) and ends Saturday, September 21, 2019 (23:59:59, CT);

- The second weekly prize period begins on Sunday, September 22, 2019 (00:00:01, CT) and ends Saturday, September 28, 2019 (23:59:59, CT);

- The third weekly prize period begins on Sunday, September 29, 2019 (00:00:01, CT) and ends Saturday, October 5, 2019 (23:59:59, CT);

- The fourth weekly prize period begins on Sunday, October 6, 2019 (00:00:01, CT) and ends Saturday, October 12, 2019 (23:59:59, CT);

- The fifth weekly prize period begins on Sunday, October 13, 2019 (00:00:01, CT) and ends Saturday, October 19, 2019 (23:59:59, CT);

- The sixth weekly prize period begins on Sunday, October 20, 2019 (00:00:01, CT) and ends Saturday, October 26, 2019 (23:59:59, CT);

- The seventh weekly prize period begins on Sunday, October 27, 2019 (00:00:01, CT) and ends Saturday, November 2, 2019 (23:59:59, CT);

- The eighth weekly prize period begins on Sunday, November 3, 2019 (00:00:01, CT) and ends Saturday, November 9, 2019 (23:59:59, CT);

- The ninth weekly prize period begins on Sunday, November 10, 2019 (00:00:01, CT) and ends Saturday, November 16, 2019 (23:59:59, CT);

- The tenth weekly prize period begins on Sunday, November 17, 2019 (00:00:01, CT) and ends Saturday, November 23, 2019 (23:59:59, CT).

On or about the Monday following each Saturday of the Entry Period, Sponsor will attempt to notify the potential winners for that week using the social media channel the entry came in through direct message. Sponsor shall have no liability for any potential winner notification that is not received by any potential winner for any reason. If, despite reasonable efforts, any potential winner does not respond within seven (7) days of the first notification attempt, or if a notification is returned as unclaimed or undeliverable to any potential winner, such potential winner will forfeit his or her prize and an alternate winner may be selected. If any potential winner is found to be ineligible, or if he or she has not complied with these Official Rules or declines a prize for any reason prior to award, such potential winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner may be selected. In that event, Sponsor may successively attempt to contact potential winners of each prize in accordance with such procedure until prizes are awarded.

Odds: Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received.

Prizes/Approximate Retail Value

There will be five winners per week for ten weeks, for a total of 50 winners. Weekly winner will receive 1 Harvest Hero Prize Box, Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $75.00/per box; ARV of all prizes: $3,750. Each winner is solely responsible for any and all costs, fees, taxes, and expenses associated with prize receipt and use, including, without limitation, all federal, state, and local taxes on any prize. Entrant will supply all necessary tax information, as requested by Sponsor. No prize substitution, transfer, assignment, or cash redemption by winners is allowed. Sponsor, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of equal or greater value.

Publicity

By submitting an entry, each entrant grants Sponsor, its successors and assigns, permission to use entrant’s name, biography, likeness, voice, photographs, video, hometown, and state for promotional purposes. Any uses of the foregoing may be in any manner or media whether now or hereafter existing (including, without limitation, online), worldwide, in perpetuity, and without further payment, consideration or consent.

Release

By entering the Contest, each entrant forever and irrevocably releases and holds harmless Sponsor, its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective agents, advertising and promotion agencies, Contest partners and prize suppliers, and all of their respective employees, officers, directors, shareholders, affiliates, and agents from and against all claims, damages, or liabilities arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from (a) entrant’s participation in the Contest, or Contest-related activities or events, (b) entrant’s entry and submissions, (c) entrant’s representations and agreements in these Official Rules, and (d) entrant’s award, receipt, or use of any prize awarded in the Contest.

Hashtag Submission Requirements

Each hashtag submission must (a) be the original work of the entrant produced for this Contest; (b) not have been entered in or won previous contests or awards; (c) not have been published previously in any medium; (d) not infringe on any person’s intellectual property, including but not limited to copyright, trademark or right of privacy of publicity or any other rights; (e) be suitable for display and publication in all media (e.g. it may not be obscene or indecent, including but not limited to nudity or profanity); (f) not contain lewd, distasteful, obscene, pornographic, or otherwise objectionable content or material; (g) not contain defamatory statements (including but not limited to words or symbols that are widely considered offensive to individuals of a certain race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or socioeconomic group); (h) not include threats to any person, place, business, group or world peace; (i) not invade privacy or other rights of any person, firm or entity; (j) not in any other way violate applicable laws and regulations; (k) not feature or reference any trademarks, logos or other indicia of any third party; (l) not feature alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or firearms; (m) not contain music or any other copyrighted works (other than as owned by the Entrant); or (n) not contain any political messages or images.  Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant whose Submission is inconsistent with the requirements set forth in these Official Rules.  Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, remove or blur or to ask the applicable entrant to remove or blur any non-material elements (e.g. small logos on clothing, artwork hanging in the background, etc.) rather than disqualify an otherwise compliant hashtag submission.

General Conditions

Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate, modify, or suspend the Contest if, in Sponsor’s opinion, there is any suspected or actual evidence of electronic or non-electronic tampering with any portion of the Contest, or if viruses, bugs, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical difficulties or failures, or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to evaluate pursuant to these Official Rules all eligible, non-suspect entries received up to the time of suspected impairment and award prizes, or not award any prizes. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any entrant it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Contest or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of this Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages and other remedies from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

Disputes

Entrant agrees that any and all disputes, claims, and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest, or any prizes awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and solely and exclusively in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa-Des Moines Division or the Iowa District Court for Polk County, Iowa; entrant submits to sole and exclusive personal jurisdiction to said courts for any such dispute and irrevocably waives any and all rights to object to such jurisdiction. Except as required by law, Sponsor shall have no obligation to reveal to any third party, including without limitation to any entrant, the results of, or communications related to, Sponsor’s internal deliberations associated with the Contest.

Miscellaneous

Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend or terminate the Contest at any time, or amend or modify these Official Rules. Should any provision of these Official Rules be held by a court to be unenforceable, such provision shall be modified by the court and interpreted so as to best accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of entrant or Sponsor in connection with the Contest shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Iowa.

Privacy

Sponsor collects personal information from entrants when they enter the Contest. Sponsor may use such information for administration of this Contest and as explained in its privacy policy, which is available at www.pioneer.com/us/privacy-policy.

Limitations on Liability

SPONSOR’S LIABILITY TO ANY ENTRANT FOR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THIS CONTEST, SHALL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, EXCEED $50.00. Any and all claims, judgments, and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest but in no event attorneys’ fees. Under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, and consequential damages, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. Sponsor is not responsible for: (a) incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information or late, lost, stolen, undelivered, invalid, unreadable, corrupted, misplaced, unintelligible, illegible, damaged, mutilated, altered, incomplete, or misdirected entries or submissions, or entries or submissions received through impermissible or illegitimate channels, all of which will be disqualified; (b) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any telephone, computer online systems, computer equipment, website, server provider, network, hardware, or software; (c) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any website or service; (d) unauthorized intervention in any part of the entry process or the Contest; (e) printing, typographical, electronic, or human errors that may occur in the offer or administration of the Contest or the processing of entries or submissions; or (f) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant’s computer, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Contest, or from viewing, playing, or downloading any material from Sponsor’s website(s), regardless of whether the material was prepared by Sponsor or a third party, and regardless of whether the material is connected to Sponsor’s website by a hypertext link.

Official Rules Request

For a copy of these Official Rules, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Corteva Agriscience Harvest Hero Hashtag Contest Official Rules Request 7100 NW 62nd Ave, Johnston, Iowa Official Rules are posted online at https://www.pioneer.com/us/harvesthero

Winner's List

The winners’ names can be obtained by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Corteva Agriscience Harvest Hero Hashtag Contest Winner’s List Request; 7100 NW 62nd Ave, Johnston, Iowa. Requests must be received by December 2, 2019.