This is a special edition issue of Walking Your Fields newsletter that contains Yields from Your fields plot results for 2013 in central Minnesota. Walking Your Fields is a written by DuPont Pioneer agronomists in Minnesota and is distributed on behalf of DuPont Pioneer account managers and Pioneer sales professionals.

1. WALKING
YOUR FIELDS
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November 2013 - Issue 6
www.pioneer.com
2013 Harvest Results Are Coming In
This final issue for 2013 contains key yield comparison summaries to help you select products for 2014. Keep in mind
this is only a small set of a much larger data set. Continue to select hybrids and varieties based on long term trends and
on performance at multiple locations. For more detailed yield comparisons, along with individual plots from your area,
visit www.pioneer.com/yield. Contact your local Pioneer sales professional for more local information and to help you
place the right product on your acres. We value your business. Please be safe this busy harvest season.
2013 Growing Season In Perspective
1. Weather was the big topic that impacted all of us again
this past season. Most of Minnesota struggled to get
corn planted before May 20. Prevented planted acres
hit SE MN especially hard.
2. Heat stress during the pollination period and ear filling
period stressed many hybrids. Products that have early
silk dates along with good heat stress showed advantages this fall. For example: Pioneer® P9526AMX™
brand corn, P9834AMX™, P9917AMX™, P0193AM™,
P0297AMX™, P0533AMX™.
3. Late Summer drought is becoming the norm as it
affected a large portion of the upper Midwest again in
2013. This period of drought and heat stress was both
beneficial in that it pushed later planted crops to maturity, yet took the top-end off what could have been a
remarkable corn and bean crop.
4. Stalk integrity was challenged in some hybrids by nutrient deficiencies and late season moisture stress.
5. Beautiful stretches of weather in August and September allowed crops to catch up in development.
6. Later frost dates allowed later planted corn to reach
maturity, lose kernel moisture and improve test
weight.
Data is from Minnesota Ag Statistics showing precipitation departure
from normal. Many
areas prior to October 14 were severely deficient for
the growing season. Recent rainfall
has been a nuisance
for
field
work, yet it is still
very welcome for
recharging subsoil
reserves.
Programs & Cutoff Dates
Pioneer Yield Website
The best prices of the season are soon coming to an end
in this first pay period. Contact your local Pioneer sales
professional for details and more local yield information.
There are many good reasons to consider planting more
Pioneer® brand products on your farms in 2014, such as:
Local yield performance information is just a click away!
Access local and regional yield data at your convenience
on the Pioneer.com website. It’s easy – just go to: http://
www.pioneer.com/yield. There are many innovative
features available on the performance website:
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Competitive pricing and early orders get the best supply and kernel size offerings now.
Quantity savings on all seed, inoculant and alfalfa orders.
Some Pioneer Premium Seed Treatment (PPST) side
by side comparisons this season proved very positive
for corn stalk rot control and improved plant health.
Talk to your Pioneer sales provider for seed treatment
information and offerings.
DuPont Pioneer can be your services provider for variable rate seeding, field mapping and precision farming
questions.
Pioneer agronomists and account managers are available for consultations throughout the year.
Contact one of us with your fertilizer, weed management or any other crop production questions.
DuPont Crop Protection chemicals also qualify for early
pay savings and discounts.
No username or password is required to access the
website on Pioneer.com.
 A large interactive Google map overlays individual plot
data on a map for quicker access to all the plots in a
radius around a given zip code. You can widen your
search out to 100 mile radius of any given zip code.
 Filters are available to narrow the list of plots displayed
by product.
 Product Summaries will become available as we get
more yield data entered into the system. This gives you
a bigger picture of product performance across the
area. Visit this website often to stay up to date on
Pioneer® brand corn and soybean variety performance.
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2. The results are coming in this fall with several of our new Pioneer ® brand corn hybrids performing at a high level. The following tables give an overview of the main 2013 Pioneer corn hybrids and soybean varieties that are being sold in Central
and Southern Minnesota. With soybean harvest wrapping up, we have a lot of yield data available from multiple locations.
Our new Pioneer brand T-Series soybeans continue to show their yield advantages. Growers across Minnesota plant
more of their soybean acres to Pioneer than any other soybean brand.
2012-2013 Pioneer® brand Soybean Variety** Yields vs. Competitive Varieties
Southern Minnesota & Northern Iowa
Variety/Brand**
Comparison Brand
Number of
Comparisons
Pioneer Yield
Advantage
Pioneer Yield
Percent Wins
Pioneer AGI Adv. $
92Y22
Asgrow AG1931
22
0.7
50%
$10
92Y22
Channel 2000R2
15
0.6
60%
$7
92Y22
Stine 22RC62
8
-0.3
38%
($4)
92Y22
Asgrow AG2330
5
5.0
80%
$65
P22T69R
Asgrow AG2031
43
0.6
58%
$8
P22T69R
Asgrow AG2232
6
0.3
67%
$5
P22T69R
Asgrow AG2433
11
-0.6
55%
($7)
92Y30
Channel 2000R2
8
2.9
50%
$38
P24T19R
Asgrow AG2232
5
-0.7
40%
($9)
P25T51R
Asgrow AG2433
8
3.9
88%
$51
2014 Elite Pioneer® brand Corn Hybrids* for Central and Southern Minnesota
Hybrid/Brand*
Tech. Seg.
CRM
Descriptions
P9366AMX™
AMX,LL,RR2
93
New, brings good root strength and drought tolerance. Very good Goss’s wilt tolerance.
P9526AMX™
AMX,LL,RR2
95
New, Pioneer® brand Optimum® AQUAmax® product - excellent drought tolerance. Excellent stress
emergence and good brittle snap tolerance. High yielding 95 CRM with consistent performance, early 91
CRM silk.
P9834AMX™
AMX,LL,RR2
98
Potential to go on a lot of acres. Very solid agronomics include good late season stalks and roots. Good
mid-season brittle stalk tolerance. Impressive yield potential under drought or higher yield environments.
P9917AMX™
AMX,LL,RR2
99
Early 96 CRM silk is great at establishing stand in high residue and early planting. High yield potential.
Has excellent drought tolerance. Good test weight and grain quality. Consider stalk strength when managing late harvest, especially south of zone.
P0062AMX™
AMX,LL,RR2
100 Below average late season stalk strength; best performance in-adapted maturity zone.
P0193AM™
AM,LL,RR2
P0297AMX™
AMX,LL,RR2
P0407AMXT™
P0533AM1™
Very exciting top-end yield potential. Best performance has been observed in high fertility environments.
Leader double that has the potential to replace 36V53. Tremendous yield potential in high yield environ-
101 ments and good stability across environments. Very good stalks and roots.
New, a very short stature 102 CRM product with an early 96 CRM silk that brings top end yield potential
102 with good roots and good mid-season brittle snap tolerance. Optimum AQUAmax product.
New, early 101 CRM silking product with good agronomic stability. Brings good late season stalks and is
AMXT,LL,RR2 104 a great companion to P0533AM1 and P0297AMX. Two modes of insect protection above and below
ground. Optimum AQUAmax product designation indicates it performs rain or shine.
AM1,LL,RR2
Amazing and consistent top end yield potential within the seed industry! Early 97 CRM silk, shorter plant
105 stature, very good mid-season brittle stalk tolerance, average roots, excellent drought tolerance. Early
silk allows positioning north of zone.
* All Pioneer products are hybrids unless designated with AM1, AM, AMRW, AMX and AMXT, in which case they are brands.
** All Pioneer products are varieties unless designated with LL, in which case some are brands.

3. 2012-2013 Pioneer® brand Corn Hybrid** Leaders vs. All Competitive Hybrids
All Minnesota, Eastern South Dakota
Hybrid/Brand*
Pioneer
(RM)
Competitive
Hybrid
# Yld
Comps
Pioneer
Yield Adv.
MST
ADV.
Pioneer Yield
Percent Wins
Pioneer AGI
Adv. $
New! P9284AM™
92
DKC43-48RIB
16
1.3
-0.8
56%
$23
New! P9526AMX™
95
DKC46-20RIB
15
1.9
-0.5
67%
$5
New! P9526AMX™
95
DKC49-29 RIB
32
6.1
0.9
75%
$34
P9834AMX™
98
DKC49-29RIB
24
3.7
0.1
58%
$17
P9917XR
99
DKC49-29RIB
54
3.0
0.0
56%
$14
P0062AMX™
100
DKC48-12RIB
24
-4.4
-1.1
42%
($28)
P0062AMX™
100
52
2.5
-0.7
62%
$7
P0193AM™
101
DKC 50-77 VT3
17
14.6
-1.0
83%
$53
New! P0297AMX™
102
Channel
203-44STXRIB
8
2.6
0.3
63%
$14
36V51
102
DKC52-62 RR
7
9.0
-0.1
71%
$40
P0392AMX™
103
DKC50-77 VT3
45
4.0
-1.0
73%
$12
P0533AM1™
105
NK Brand N45P
3011A
5
14.6
-1.0
100%
$60
P0533AM1™
105
DKC53-56RIB
60
3.4
-0.8
62%
$8
P0533AM1™
105
DKC53-78RIB
127
7.3
-1.0
76%
$27
DKC49-29 RIB
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courtesy of your Pioneer sales professional. The DuPont Oval Logo is a registered trademark of DuPont. PIONEER ® brand products are provided subject to the terms
and conditions of purchase which are part of the labeling and purchase documents. ®, TM, SM Trademarks and service marks of Pioneer. © 2013 PHII. All products are
trademarks of their manufacturer.
Product Disclaimer: Comparisons are against any number of products of the indicated competitor brand, unless otherwise stated. Individual results may vary. Multi-year and multilocation information is a better predictor of future performance. Product responses are variable and subject to any number of environmental, disease and pest pressure. DO NOT USE
THIS OR ANY OTHER DATA FROM A LIMITED NUMBER OF TRIALS AS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN PRODUCT SELECTION. Please use this information as only part of your product positioning decision. Refer to www.pioneer.com/products or contact a Pioneer sales professional or authorized dealer for the latest and most complete listing of traits and scores for
each Pioneer® brand product. All trademarks are products of their manufacturers.
Soybeans: Data is based on average of all current year comparisons made in MN and northern IA through October 26, 2013. Pioneer Premium Seed Treatment for soybeans is applied
at a DuPont Pioneer production facility or by an independent sales representative of Pioneer. Not all sales professionals offer treatment services, and costs and other charges may vary.
See your Pioneer sales professional for details. Seed treatment formulation exclusive to DuPont Pioneer and its affiliates. Corn: Data is based on average of all current year comparisons
made in MN and eastern SD through October 26, 2013. Comparisons are against the identified competitor brand products, with similar trait packages. Refer to www.pioneer.com/products
or contact a Pioneer sales representative or authorized dealer for the latest and complete listing of traits and scores for each Pioneer® brand product. Income/A Advantage is calculated
with the price of the corn at $4.75 per bushel.
AM1—Optimum® AcreMax® 1 Insect Protection System with an integrated corn rootworm refuge solution includes HXX, LL, RR2. Optimum AcreMax 1 products contain the LibertyLink® gene and can
be sprayed with Liberty® herbicide. The required corn borer refuge can be planted up to half a mile away. AM—Optimum® AcreMax® Insect Protection system with YGCB, HX1, LL, RR2. Contains a
single-bag integrated refuge solution for above-ground insects. In EPA-designated cotton growing counties, a 20% separate corn borer refuge must be planted with Optimum AcreMax products.
AMX—Optimum® AcreMax® Xtra Insect Protection system with YGCB, HXX, LL, RR2. Contains a single-bag integrated refuge solution for above- and below-ground insects. In EPA-designated
cotton growing counties, a 20% separate corn borer refuge must be planted with Optimum AcreMax Xtra products. AMXT— (Optimum® AcreMax® XTreme) - Contains a single-bag integrated refuge
solution for above- and below-ground insects. The major component contains the Agrisure ® RW trait, the YieldGard® Corn Borer gene, and the Herculex® XTRA genes. In EPA-designated cotton
growing counties, a 20% separate corn borer refuge must be planted with Optimum AcreMax XTreme products.
YGCB-The YieldGard® Corn Borer gene offers a high level of resistance to European corn borer, southwestern corn borer and southern cornstalk borer; moderate resistance to corn earworm and
common stalk borer; and above average resistance to fall armyworm. HX1-Contains the Herculex® I Insect Protection gene which provides protection against European corn borer, southwestern corn
borer, black cutworm, fall armyworm, western bean cutworm, lesser corn stalk borer, southern corn stalk borer, and sugarcane borer; and suppresses corn earworm. HXX-Herculex® XTRA contains
the Herculex I and Herculex RW genes. LL-Contains the LibertyLink® gene for resistance to Liberty® herbicide. RR2-Contains the Roundup Ready® Corn 2 trait that provides crop safety for over-thetop applications of labeled glyphosate herbicides when applied according to label directions. RR – Contains the Roundup® Ready gene.
Herculex® Insect Protection technology by Dow AgroSciences and Pioneer Hi-Bred. Herculex® and the HX logo are registered trademarks of Dow AgroSciences LLC. YieldGard ®, the YieldGard Corn
Borer Design and Roundup Ready® are registered trademarks used under license from Monsanto Company. Liberty ®, LibertyLink® and the Water Droplet Design are trademarks of Bayer. Agrisure ®
is a registered trademark of, and used under license from, a Syngenta Group Company. Agrisure ® technology incorporated into these seeds is commercialized under a license from Syngenta Crop
Protection AG.

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