Insights and Stories on DuPont Pioneer

Dow, DuPont wrap up merger

Sep. 2, 2017 at 1:53 am CDT

With Dow Chemical and DuPont now officially a married couple, the two companies’ agriculture businesses are scheduled to clear out of the house within the next year and a half. As per the terms of the merger-of-equals deal they first announced in late 2015, the two companies’ separate shares ceased […]

China approves two new GMO varieties for import, renews 14

Jun. 14, 2017 at 3:50 pm CDT

By Dominique Patton Hallie Gu

Quebec farmer wins ‘Seed for Life’

Oct. 8, 2016 at 11:13 pm CDT

By Ralph Pearce

DuPont Pioneer expands Saskatoon research facility

Jul. 17, 2016 at 1:55 am CDT

By Leeann Minogue

Chinese farmers illegally growing GMO corn, Greenpeace says

Jan. 6, 2016 at 3:18 pm CST

By Dominique Patton

DuPont in talks with rivals about agribusiness

Oct. 27, 2015 at 6:33 pm CDT

Reuters — DuPont is talking to rivals about its agriculture business, interim CEO Edward Breen said Tuesday, less than a week after Dow Chemical announced a review of its farm chemicals and seeds unit. Falling crop prices and rising fertilizer output have triggered talk of consolidation among farm-focused companies. DuPont […]

By Sneha Banerjee Swetha Gopinath

France bolsters ban on genetically modified crops

Sep. 17, 2015 at 6:45 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — France is to use a new European opt-out scheme to ensure a ban on the cultivation of genetically modified crops in the country remains in place, it said on Thursday. The European Union’s largest grain grower and exporter has asked the European Commission for France to […]

By Reuters