August 15, 2014
 

DuPont Pioneer to build soybean research facility at Delaware, US

DuPont Pioneer announced plans to build a US$35 million soybean research facility at its Stine Haskell Research Center in Newark, Delaware, US.

The nearly 12,400 square metre facility will include two state-of-the-art automated greenhouses and is expected to be completed in 2016, with room for future expansion.

"The new DuPont Pioneer Delaware Soybean Research Facility will advance our research and development pipeline and enhance the value of Pioneer^® brand soybean varieties for our grower customers by protecting yield and increasing oil and protein content," said Neal Gutterson, vice president of agricultural biotechnology, DuPont Pioneer.

Pioneer began soybean operations in 1973 and is a world leader in agricultural biotechnology. The new facility will support the business's expanded suite of insect resistant, herbicide tolerant and increased output trait soybean products. This year, US growers planted more than 84 million acres of soybeans, an 11% increase from the 76.5 million acres planted in 2013.