Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l.

Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l, announces plans to open a new Research Center near Brookings, SD. The Research Center will open this spring

The new Pioneer Research Center will play a vital role in developing and commercializing new technologies like Pioneer brand corn hybrids with Herculex XTRA XTRA Extra
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Title Annotation:	opens a new Research Center
Publication:	Agri Marketing
Article Type:	Brief article
Geographic Code:	1USA
Date:	Apr 1, 2006
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