Pioneer Hi-Bred is Now Being Called 'DuPont Pioneer'

By CnAgri2012-06-28 19:55:35 Print

Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, will be known as DuPont Pioneer as of July 1.

Company officials say DuPont Pioneer is an important element in extending DuPont's efforts in the agricultural and food industries. The change in the name reflects a joint mission to find solutions to ensure that the world's growing population has enough food.

A news release from Dupont says the DuPont Pioneer goal remains the same: 'to provide the best products, services and information to help growers get the highest return on every acre they farm. Nothing in that commitment will change, and Pioneer remains an important brand as it has been for more than 85 years.'

The original Hi-Bred Corn Company was started in 1926 and was renamed Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. in 1970. DuPont acquired about 20-percent of the company in 1997 and purchased the rest of its shares two years later.