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DuPont Pioneer Expansion Includes Ultra-Early Maturity Corn Research

DuPont Pioneer is expanding it's efforts to develop canola, ultra-early maturity corn and soybean products for Western Canada.

The company has put 35 million dollars into research and development projects for Western Canada over the past five years.

That includes an expansion of it's Saskatoon Research Centre.

Research Director Dave Charne says DuPont Pioneer is focussed giving western farmers higher value crop choices by delivering products adapted to the Prairies.

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