Pioneer Corn Revolution Podcast

Matt speaks with Ryan Myers, U.S. Corn Category lead, about the changes at Pioneer — changes that have been taking place for well over a decade. Like the prominent rise of predictive analytics in seed development, the significance of the Qrome® product, and how far this Corn Revolution can really go.

Neal Hoss, North America Corn product manager, joins Matt to discuss the extensive role of agronomy at Pioneer and how the additional year of field testing led to more consistent yields. Also, Matt finally learns what a double-haploid is.

Matt talks to Brandon Wardyn, Evaluation Zone lead in Maize Product Development Testing. He explores the delicate balance of yield versus consistency, the breeding side of the Corn Revolution, and he digs a little deeper into the Qrome® product.

Matt speaks with Emily Ziemke, North American Corn Technology Lead, to learn all about predictive analytics: how it has dramatically shortened the seed development timeline, how it’s combined with real-world performance data and the innovative ways Pioneer shares this data globally.

Matt’s guest is Andy Baumgarten, Senior Research Scientist and Lead of Applied Breeding Technologies and Genomics. He hears about testing standability traits in fields throughout the U.S., the balance of technology and human intuition, and how much data a petabyte is.

Matt interviews Neil Hausmann, Field Sensing lead, to learn about innovative phenotyping tools used in the field like mobile image analysis and drone imaging, and hears about Neil’s role in the development of Pioneer® brand Optimum® AQUAmax® hybrids.

Matt speaks with Andrea Arias, who works in Data Science and Informatics, to discover the vast amounts of testing data that Pioneer collects, how they turn that data into insights for research teams and the irreplaceable role of human intuition.

Matt replays some of his favorite highlights from the first half of the Corn Revolution podcast series. He is piecing together what the Corn Revolution is all about, and the big-picture impact on Pioneer and the industry.

Matt goes in-depth with Hillary Sullivan, Research Director, to learn how Pioneer technologists take a peek under the hood of seeds, how to create a faster feedback loop for innovation, and why Pioneer seed development is like building with a set of blocks.

Matt dives deep into the Corn Revolution with Dean Podlich, Breeding Systems team lead. They explore how the vast history of the Pioneer genetics library helps today, why data collection and evaluation have evolved from a harvest-time activity to becoming a 24/7 endeavor, and how that greater data leads to predicting the next great hybrids.

Amy Blahnik visits the Corn Revolution podcast to tell Matt about the lucky few seeds that make it through the gauntlet. Amy, head of the Global Population Development team and the Trait Integration team, describes the feedback loop, going from the field back to product development, which allows Pioneer to create seeds that solve specific regional challenges.

Matt speaks with Matt Smalley, North America Corn Breeding Group team lead, to get a big-picture look at the Corn Revolution and why it can only come from Pioneer. From start to finish, from lab to field, Pioneer is the only company that can assemble all the pieces, building a seed development process that no other company can match.

Matt puts together a wrap-up show, to tell the Corn Revolution story through some of his favorite, most insightful quotes. Hear about the start of the revolution in 1919, the major steps of the seed development process and the key takeaway for farmers.

Matt talks with Pioneer scientists and breeders about the newest product coming out of the Corn Revolution. Introducing: Pioneer® brand Qrome® products.

Matt discovers what’s making yield across the Corn Belt perform so well in 2019.

Matt checks on the harvestability of Pioneer hybrids this season.

Matt and his guests survey how Pioneer products performed in this year’s crazy conditions across the corn belt.

Matt learned about Qrome® technology in episode one, but now he wants to know how it’s performing out in the fields.

Matt finds out just how seed corn becomes corn seed during the production process.