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