Des Moines, Iowa
September 23, 2008
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is adding three new Y
Series Pioneer® brand low linolenic soybean products to its
lineup for 2009. This expansion of low linolenic soybean
offerings from Pioneer provides additional choices to growers
who can reap cash premiums for this healthy end-use product.
The new Y Series, announced by Pioneer earlier this year,
represents a step-change in soybean productivity and is the
result of a proprietary matrix of traits and technologies
Pioneer researchers have developed to deliver unprecedented
productivity gains. The new low linolenic soybeans in the Y
Series line have shown yield advantages over previous low
linolenic products.
"The market for low linolenic soybeans continues to expand,
increasing contracting opportunities for growers, and Pioneer is
meeting that demand by expanding its product offerings," says
John Muenzenberger, Pioneer senior business manager of soybean
output traits.
The new Pioneer low linolenic soybean products offered to
growers in 2009 will include varieties featuring higher yields
and excellent defensive traits.
92Y90 offers very good tolerance to brown stem rot and has very
good emergence and stability scores. 92Y90 is a solid performer
under a wide range of environments. This late Group II variety
is early maturing and suited for areas like eastern Iowa and
northern growing areas such as Ohio.
93Y01 is an early Group III variety featuring good field
emergence and harvest standability.
93Y50 is an exciting, high-yielding new variety that displays
strong field emergence and harvest standability, plus resistance
to Phytophthora root rot. "This is our 'ultra low lin' variety
which means it is around 1 percent linolenic acid," says
Muenzenberger.
Soybean producers growing Pioneer low linolenic soybeans again
will be able to receive an attractive premium for their crop at
numerous locations across the heart of the Corn Belt. Pioneer
works with various processors, including Bunge, to offer low lin
premiums to growers.
Low lin soybean growers will earn a premium of $.60 per bushel
for on-farm storage of low linolenic soybeans and a premium of
$.55 per bushel for harvest delivery.
"We continue to see a rising demand from food companies for low
linolenic soybean oil and are excited to offer value-contracting
opportunities with flexible marketing alternatives to soybean
growers," says Muenzenberger. "By participating in our low
linolenic soybean program, growers help position themselves as
leaders and innovators in the global marketplace while helping
meet the increasing consumer demand for foods with improved
nutritional profiles."
In its fifth year, this low linolenic soybean contracting
program has grown from a targeted base in Iowa to an expanded
geography currently reaching multiple locations in at least
seven states for the 2009 growing season: Iowa, Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Missouri.
Pioneer research activities for soybean output traits also have
expanded to seven research centers throughout the Corn Belt. In
addition to extending the lineup of low lin soybean varieties,
Pioneer also is developing high oleic soybean varieties which
will be commercially available in 2009, pending regulatory
approval. These products offer healthier oil alternatives for
consumers and also can be used in a wide range of industrial
applications including lubricants, coolants and hydraulic
fluids.
"Pioneer low linolenic soybean varieties are performing well,
and the pipeline of new soybean products and other soybean
end-use traits is looking strong for the future," says
Muenzenberger.
For more information about low linolenic soybean varieties,
signing details and options, and participating elevators in your
area, visit your local Pioneer sales professional or visit the
Web site at
www.pioneer.com/LLSoy.
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and grain and oilseed processors. With headquarters in Des
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