Pioneer provides tips for managing early-season stress

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 25, 2008 - The trend toward planting corn earlier continues to grow. The reasons include increasing farm size and the need to cover a large number of acres within a shorter window of time at the beginning of the season and avoiding potential late-season drought and pest problems at the end. According to scientists with Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, this trend presents growers with several crop management challenges that can impact crop productivity significantly. …more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Strong global demand

for corn and record commodity prices are driving up demand for high-yielding

seed. For leading seed companies like DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred, that

means significantly increasing the number of acres needed to grow their seed

and the number of people they need to hire to produce the crop. …more

Research Triangle Park, N.C., Feb. 18, 2008 — Following the vote by the European Union’s Standing Committee for the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCFCAH) on February 12, 2008, the Bayer CropScience file applying for EU import tolerance for food and feed from LibertyLink® soybeans now moves forward to the Agricultural Council, in accordance with the established EU authorization process. …more