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Today’s dairy farmers are facing unprecedented challenges. For some, finding new opportunities to make their operations more efficient and ensuring the quality of their feed has never been more important to sustaining their businesses. In this episode, we’ll examine a couple aspects of the Pioneer forages program that are finding new ways to positively impact a farmer’s bottom line.

Matt’s talked to guests about advancements in corn, soybeans and even sorghum. What about wheat? Pioneer has a storied history in wheat — spanning 50 years. What challenges are today’s wheat farmers facing, and how is Pioneer tapping into its famed innovation pipeline to address them and drive wheat production into the future? To find out, Matt talks to Jessie Alt, Global Wheat Lead for Corteva Agriscience and Cristiano Lemes, wheat breeder and research scientist for Pioneer.

What one factor in farming is so frustratingly unpredictable, yet so extremely impactful on each season’s crop? The answer is the weather. So, what can farmers do besides simply hoping for the right mix of sunshine and rain? In part one of this two-part episode, Matt talks to Brandon Wardyn, a corn breeder specializing in water-limited environments.

There’s sorghum, then there’s Pioneer® brand sorghum. Sorghum that consistently dominates yield contests. Sorghum with built-in defenses against the scourge of sorghum fields: sugarcane aphids. But what goes into making Pioneer sorghum so successful in fields? To find out, Matt talks to two sorghum breeders, Cleve Franks and Laura Mayor, both in the heart of the Sorghum Belt.

Pioneer field teams are crucial in helping farmers select the right product for the right acre. This summer, they’re getting their closest look yet at Pioneer® brand Enlist E3® soybeans in local plots across the U.S. What are they aiming to learn and what else are they doing to become local experts on Enlist E3® soybeans? Matt speaks to Pioneer Field Agronomist Clyde Tiffany and Enlist Field Specialist Steve Snyder for a real-time update.

Every farmer chases yield. Every seed brand chases yield. Pioneer chases yield, and everything else. Because as soon as something goes wrong — disease, insects, too much rain, too little rain — yield suffers. To learn how Pioneer scientists bring this thinking to Enlist E3® soybeans, Matt talks to a couple soybean researchers.

What works for one farmer doesn’t necessarily work for another. Which is why Pioneer’s national footprint is made up of hundreds of local footprints. To learn how local breeders enrich Pioneer's product development process, Matt talks to three breeders and an agronomist located in diverse geographies and focused on a variety of crops.

Pioneer’s revolutionary R&D process is not just for corn. It’s for soybeans, sorghum, sunflowers, alfalfa, canola, corn silage, wheat and inoculants. To explore how innovations are happening across the entire R&D pipeline, Matt talks to a pair of Pioneer breeders and a pair of product agronomists.

What makes Pioneer, Pioneer? It’s not just one thing. It’s many things. Many people, many places, many facts. Join Matt Brechwald, farmer and ag podcaster, as he talks to Pioneer breeders, agronomists and sales representatives all over the country who are helping farmers succeed in the most complex and rewarding industry on earth.