Pioneer announces its newest soybean seed technology — the Z-Series.

The new soybean will be available in limited volumes for the 2024 planting season, with larger commercial volumes available in 2025. 

“This Z-Series class of soybeans builds on 50 years of soybean breeding at Pioneer,” says Liz Knutson, Pioneer U.S. soybean marketing lead in a news release. “During this 50-year history, we have introduced five soybean ‘series’ – B, M, Y, T and A – that each signaled trait technology innovations and transitions and set a new standard for Pioneer soybean performance.” 

The company reports the brand Z-Series soybeans represent the largest advancement class of soybeans in history and will offer farmers:
•    More exclusive varieties that will deliver  genetic gains generated by the company’s largest advancement class 
•    More disease tolerance with improved scores in SDS, brown stem rot, white mold and iron deficiency chlorosis
•    More agronomic advantages with a significant expansion of Peking and Phytophthora stack varieties
•    More yield from Pioneer’s best-ever class of soybean germplasm  

More details will be shared at 2024 Commodity Classic.