Pioneer announces its newest soybean seed technology — the Z-Series.
The new soybean will be available in limited volumes for the 2024 planting season, with larger commercial volumes available in 2025.
“This Z-Series class of soybeans builds on 50 years of soybean breeding at Pioneer,” says Liz Knutson, Pioneer U.S. soybean marketing lead in a news release. “During this 50-year history, we have introduced five soybean ‘series’ - B, M, Y, T and A – that each signaled trait technology innovations and transitions and set a new standard for Pioneer soybean performance.”
The company reports the brand Z-Series soybeans represent the largest advancement class of soybeans in history and will offer farmers:
• More exclusive varieties that will deliver genetic gains generated by the company’s largest advancement class
• More disease tolerance with improved scores in SDS, brown stem rot, white mold and iron deficiency chlorosis
• More agronomic advantages with a significant expansion of Peking and Phytophthora stack varieties
• More yield from Pioneer’s best-ever class of soybean germplasm
More details will be shared at 2024 Commodity Classic.
