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Pioneer Agronomy Update

Published May 21, 2026

In the Pioneer Agronomy Update, Pioneer Field Agronomist Eric Lagge emphasizes the importance of stand establishment. "As you're taking stand counts, be sure to check planting depths and dig up any spots where there are skips or a plant that…

Pioneer Agronomy Update

Published May 14, 2026

In the latest Pioneer Agronomy Report, Pioneer Field Agronomist Larry Lunder emphasizes the importance of weed control. "Later-than-average start times can sometimes cause the critical early-season weed control to be skipped as a time saver," said Lunder. With the resistance…

Pioneer Agronomy Minute

Published May 12, 2026

In today's Pioneer Agronomy Minute, Pioneer Field Agronomist Larry Lunder talks about the less-than ideal conditions for planting corn and soybeans this spring. "To date, we have not acquired enough GDUs to allow either corn and soybeans to emerge," said…

Pioneer Agronomy Update

Published May 5, 2026

Cold temperatures have been behind the slow start to the planting season. In this edition of the Pioneer Agronomy Minute, Pioneer Field Agronomist Kevin Sinner says soils have been slow to dry and warm up. Planting enthusiasm rose with warm…

Fieldwork Likely Pushed to May

Published April 17, 2026

Pioneer Field Agronomist Kristie Sundeen says much of northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota may not see meaningful field activity until next month. “I don’t foresee us really getting much activity here now until May for most of my territory."…

Leadership Announced for Corteva Split

Published April 15, 2026

Corteva has named the executive leadership team for its split into two independent companies. The crop protection company, New Corteva, has named Luke Kissam as its president and chief executive officer. Kissam is the former Albermarle chairman, president and CEO,…

100 Years of Growing Together

Published March 15, 2026

Pioneer is celebrating its 100th anniversary. RRFN is in the midst of a 100-day countdown highlighting the history of Pioneer on its Facebook and X platforms. Here's an example from this past week. Pioneer has always focused on higher-yielding and…

Ending One Chapter, Beginning Another

Published March 15, 2026

Dave Gebhardt is stepping away from his role as general manager at EarthDaily Agro at the end of the month. Gebhardt has been in the role from over seven years. His career has included positions at GEOSYS, FarmLink, WinField. GreenLeaf…

Agricult-HER: Paige Elsner

Published March 6, 2026

Paige Elsner operates Page Seed and Agronomy with her sister Debbi Midstokke. The Pioneer Seed agency is a legacy business that began with her grandfather in 1977. Her early involvement in the family business led her to North Dakota State…

100 Years of Growing Together

Published March 1, 2026

As Pioneer celebrates its 100th anniversary, RRFN is in the midst of a 100-countdown on social media, highlighting milestones in the history of the company. This past week, this was one of those posts. In 1999, DuPont purchased Pioneer. In…

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Pioneer Agronomy Update

Pioneer Agronomy Update

Pioneer Agronomy Minute

Pioneer Agronomy Update

Fieldwork Likely Pushed to May

Leadership Announced for Corteva Split

100 Years of Growing Together

Ending One Chapter, Beginning Another

Agricult-HER: Paige Elsner

100 Years of Growing Together

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