DuPont's <DD.N> Pioneer seed unit plans to raise prices in the mid-single-digit range next year as it takes U.S. corn and soybean market share from Monsanto Co <MON.N> and other rivals.

An Iowa based seed-corn company is looking at a new corn variety that will do away with what was once a rite of passage for Iowa teens, and a way for adults to make some extra money in the summer.

It’s a field ready to challenge you to beat your best yet, using the No. 1 corn seed on the market,” Purdy opens the commercial by saying, all while rocking a green Pioneer football jersey.

Semi trucks unload seed corn during the harvest season at Pioneer's seed corn processing plant Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, in Reinbeck, Iowa. (MATTHEW PUTNEY / Courier Photo Editor) MATTHEW PUTNEY ...

As I prepared to leave the barn, I saw it hanging there, just inside the door, covered with cobwebs and dust: Dad’s old Pioneer seed corn cap. It hung there as if waiting for him to step back ...

HERMISTON -- DuPont Pioneer announced plans Wednesday to increase production capacity at its Hermiston corn seed production plant -- a move that will add 18 new jobs.

CASSOPOLIS, Mich. (AP) – A major seed company is being sued by more than 30 migrant farm workers who say they were underpaid while removing tassels from corn in southwestern Michigan. The ...

DES MOINES -- Pioneer Hi-Bred International is taking Garst Seed Co. to court, alleging the company illegally used Pioneer seed corn to develop seeds under the Garst label. In a lawsuit filed last ...

Dupont's Pioneer unit hopes to expand its hybrid corn seed partnership with African governments and aid groups, to Tanzania, after setting up programmes for farmers to use its seed in Ethiopia and ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a naturalized U.S. citizen from China who pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to steal seed corn to pay the U.S. companies that ...

DuPont Co.’s Pioneer Hi-Bred unit expanded its grievances against Monsanto Co. with a lawsuit alleging infringement of two patents for producing corn seed that can withstand environmental stress.