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Pioneer Hi Bred International
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Legal residence:USA
Organization type:Supplier / manufacturer
Funding agencies: Other, United States Department of Agriculture, Horizon Europe (2021 - 2027)
Sectors: Agriculture
Status: Active
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Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. is a U.S.-based producer of seeds for agriculture. They are a major producer of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), including genetically modified crops with insect and herbicide resistance.
As of 2019, Pioneer is a wholly owned subsidiary of Corteva Agriscience.
In 1926, farm journal editor and future U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace, along with a group of Des Moines, Iowa businessmen, founded the Hi-Bred Corn Company. Wallace had been experimenting with hybridization of corn and became convinced that hybrid seed corn would become important.
The headquarters of DuPont Pioneer are located in Johnston, Iowa, with additional offices around the world. Pioneer produces, markets and sells hybrid seed corn in nearly 70 countries worldwide.[citation needed] The company also markets and sells hybrids or improved[citation needed] varieties of sorghum, sunflower, soybean, alfalfa, canola, rice and wheat, as well as forage and grain additives. Worldwide, Pioneer sells products through a variety of organizations, including wholly owned subsidiaries (Curry Seed, NuTech Seed, Hoegemeyer Hybrids, Doeblers Seed, Seed Consultants Inc, Terral Seeds, AgVenture Inc) joint ventures, sales representatives, and independent dealers (Burrus Hybrids, Beck's Superior Hybrids).
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