This issue contains a sample of key yield comparisons to help you select products for 2014. Keep in mind this is only a very small part 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 de-tailed yield comparisons, along with individual plots from your area, visit www.pioneer.com/yield. Contact your local Pioneer sales professional for more information and to help you place the right product on your acres.

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October 2013 - Issue 6

David Laufenberg Dane County

Planting Date: May 15, 2013 Harvest Date: Sept 17, 2013

Brand Hybrid/Brand1 % DM Tons/ Acre 35%

DM (t/a) % Strch

% Fib Dig (24-hr)

% NDF Lbs Milk/ Acre

(lb/a) Lbs Milk/ Ton

(lb/t)

Pioneer P1376XR 29.3 25.15 32.8 50.1 37.9 31,544 3,584

Pioneer P1449XR 32.2 28.24 32.9 49.1 39.0 34,845 3,525

Pioneer P1498AM1™ 34.4 31.08 34.0 48.8 34.6 38,523 3,541

Pioneer 33F90AM1™ 33.8 30.35 37.5 43.5 35.4 37,309 3,512

Pioneer P1339AM1™ 35.0 31.20 35.3 48.1 41.5 37,627 3,446

Pioneer P1221AMX™ 36.1 29.98 35.3 48.3 40.5 36,544 3,482

Pioneer P1184AM1™ 36.6 30.59 27.5 45.3 37.8 36,238 3,385

Pioneer P0987AM1™ 36.6 29.39 35.3 50.0 38.6 36,705 3,568

Pioneer P0993AM1™ 35.6 30.65 36.5 47.4 38.5 37,682 3,513

Pioneer P0832AMX™ 41.8 34.48 8.7 49.6 53.7 35,227 2,919

Pioneer P0891AM1™ 37.7 31.75 31.1 43.3 43.6 36,308 3,267

Brian Bender Sauk County

Planting Date: May 14, 2013 Harvest Date: Sept 17, 2013

Brand Hybrid/Brand1 % DM Tons/ Acre 35%

DM (t/a) % Strch

% Fib Dig (24-hr)

% NDF Lbs Milk/ Acre

(lb/a) Lbs Milk/ Ton

(lb/t)

Channel 209-19VT3 39.5 27.26 38.8 44.8 37.0 34,025 3,567

Pioneer P0496AMX™ 35.3 27.88 33.8 43.2 39.0 32,843 3,365

Pioneer P0993AM1™ 36.6 33.11 38.3 43.6 38.6 38,961 3,362

Pioneer P1221AMX™ 33.6 29.81 33.1 50.2 39.0 37,274 3,572

Pioneer P1376XR 29.2 28.97 28.9 52.1 39.5 35,838 3,534

Pioneer P1449XR 29.2 29.11 37.9 48.8 37.4 36,818 3,614

Pioneer P1498AM1™ 32.6 28.09 32.5 45.6 37.7 34,402 3,499

Corn Silage Plot Yield Results

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Bahr Farms Planting Date: April 29 Lafayette County Harvest Date: Oct 1

Brand Hybrid/Brand1 Yield (bu/a 56#) Mst (%) AGI Yield Rank

Pioneer P0448AMX™ 255.6 22.3 $1,139 1

Pioneer P0062AMX™ 252.0 19.9 $1,148 2

Trelay 5ST192RIB 233.4 23.0 $1,034 3

Corn Grain Plot Yield Results

Soybean Plot Yield Results

Mike Truntz Washington County

Planting Date: May 8, 2013 Harvest Date: Oct 10, 2013

Brand Variety/Brand2

Yield Mst (%) AGI YLD Rank

Pioneer P26T76R 64.6 15.6 $840 5

Pioneer P25T51R 69.7 14.0 $906 2

Pioneer 92Y51 70.1 13.6 $911 1

Pioneer 92Y22 66.1 13.3 $859 4

Pioneer P22T69R 69.7 13.4 $906 3

Pioneer P19T60R 54.9 14.2 $714 7

Pioneer 91Y90 56.6 13.4 $736 6

Pioneer 91Y74 53.8 14.1 $699 8

Todd Leystra Columbia County

Planting Date: May 14, 2013 Harvest Date: Oct 2, 2013

Brand Variety/Brand2 Yield Mst (%) AGI YLD Rank

Pioneer 92Y22 67.8 10.5 $881 5

Pioneer P16T04R 67.4 10.2 $876 6

Pioneer P19T60R 64.7 10.3 $841 10

Pioneer P22T69R 68.7 10.2 $893 3

Pioneer P24T19R 66.4 10.6 $863 9

Pioneer 92Y51 68.2 10.4 $887 4

Pioneer P25T51R 69.9 11.2 $909 2

Pioneer 92M54 66.9 11.1 $870 8

Pioneer P26T76R 67.3 10.8 $875 7

Pioneer P28T33R 72.2 12.3 $939 1 Steve Voda Rock County

Planting Date: May 15, 2013 Harvest Date: Oct 1, 2013

Brand Variety/Brand2 Yield Mst (%) AGI YLD Rank

Pioneer 92Y22 55.9 9.1 $727 1

Asgrow AG2433 54.0 9.5 $702 2

Carl Reible Dodge County

Planting Date: May 15, 2013 Harvest Date: October 9, 2013

Brand Hybrid/Brand1 Yield (bu/a 56#) Mst (%) AGI Yield Rank

Pioneer P0636AM1™ 250.6 32.7 $1,013 1

Pioneer P0533AM1™ 233.4 32.3 $947 2

Jerry Smalley Grant County

Planting Date: April 29, 2013 Harvest Date: October 10, 2013

Brand Hybrid/Brand1 Yield (bu/a 56#) Mst (%) AGI Yield Rank

Pioneer P0533AM1™ 193.8 16.8 $907 1

LG Seeds LG2549VT3PRIB 173.6 19.0 $797 2

DeKalb DKC57-50 138.0 17.4 $642 3

1 All Pioneer products are hybrids unless designated with AM1, AM, AMRW, AMX and AMXT, in which case they are brands. 2 All Pioneer products are varieties unless designated with LL, in which case, some are brands. Product Disclaimer: Comparisons are against any number of products of the indicated competitor brand, unless otherwise stated. Individual results may vary. Multi-year and multi-location 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 Wisconsin through October 10, 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 representatives offer treatment services, and costs and other charges may vary. See your Pioneer sales representative for details. Seed treatment formulation exclusive to DuPont Pioneer and its affiliates. Income/A Advantage is calculated with the price of soybeans at $13.00 per bushel. Corn: Data is based on average of all current year comparisons made in Wisonsin through October 10, 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. 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. 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. 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-the-top applications of labeled glyphosate herbicides when applied according to label directions.

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.

James Casey Columbia County

Planting Date: May 1, 2013 Harvest Date: October 2, 2013

Brand Hybrid/Brand1 Yield (bu/a 56#) Mst (%) AGI Yield Rank

Jung 7S429RIB 236.7 25.6 $1,024 2

Pioneer P9917AMX™ 240.8 28.2 $1,017 1

Pat Shea Lafayette County

Planting Date: May 13, 2013 Harvest Date: October 10, 2013

Brand Hybrid/Brand1 Yield (bu/a 56#) Mst (%) AGI Yield Rank

Pioneer P0062AMX™ 215.9 20.8 $975 8

Pioneer P0392AMX™ 211.1 22.2 $942 12

Pioneer P0496AMX™ 222.0 21.9 $993 5

Pioneer P0533AM1™ 222.9 21.8 $998 4

Pioneer P0636AM1™ 229.6 24.5 $1,003 2

Pioneer P0876HR 238.3 24.7 $1,039 1

Pioneer P0993AM1™ 224.8 25.5 $973 3

Pioneer P1142AMX™ 208.6 26.6 $894 14

Pioneer P1221AMX™ 212.7 25.5 $921 9

Trelay 8ST261RIB 207.8 26.8 $889 15

Trelay 7VP518RIB 205.6 24.6 $898 17

Trelay 7ST292RIB 212.0 24.3 $928 10

Trelay 6ST803RIB 204.1 23.1 $903 18

Trelay 7VP104 216.3 22.3 $964 7

Trelay 6ST541RIB 217.6 20.7 $984 6

Trelay 6ST576RIB 209.9 21.1 $946 13

Mycogen 2V709 207.0 25.9 $893 16

Croplan Genetics 5875SSRIB 211.4 24.5 $924 11

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