AgWired

Number two on the program today is Steve Paszkiewicz, Agronomy Research Scientist.

Here’s Steve showing us a slide with all the agronomists that work for Pioneer around the U. S.

At the start of his presentation he discussed ways Pioneer is working to communicate information to growers like their Field Facts newsletter that is available on their GrowingPoints website. I interviewed Steve on the break and will add the interview as soon as I can.

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Here’s my interview with Steve. Steve says they take a multimedia approach to delivering agronomy research information that includes an internal internet system for the company and it’s representatives, printed materials that are mailed out and their GrowingPoint website which is available to their grower customers. He says it’s been interesting to see the continuing growth in grower use of the website and how they use different parts of the site depending on the season of the year.

You can hear my interview with Steve here: Steve Paszkiewicz Interview (6:12 MP3 File)

Our final presentation of today here at the Pioneer event is being given by Thomas West, VP, Biotech Affairs & Business Support. It’s Thomas’ job to work on biotech regulatory acceptance around the world. I’m assuming this means he’s got some serious frequent flyer miles.

Right now he’s summarizing the situation in different areas of the world like China, India and the EU. There’s obviously a lot of regulatory action taking place in various countries.

I’m going to interview Thomas after he’s done and I’ll update this post then.

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You can listen to my interview with Thomas here: Thomas West Interview (4:06 MP3 File)

After a short break this afternoon we got our virtual tour of the Pioneer Hawaii Research Station. Our presenters are Steven Lupkes, Coordinator and Cindy Goldstein, Outreach Manager. They are “online” with us on a two-way video/audio hookup. They’re talking about how and why they do research in Hawaii and the benefits and challenges it represents.

I recorded the first part of their presentation. This audio cut starts out with Cindy talking. Then there’s a few questions and answers. The questions didn’t record very well but you can hear Steve and Cindy very well. You can listen here: Virtual Hawaii Research Station (9:04 MP3 File)

Presentation number two here at Pioneer is a tag team with Kyle Whitaker, Marketing Manager, who just got finished (pictured here) and Murt McLeod, Agronomy Research Scientist.

These guys are talking about “Building a Better Bt” and specifically Herculex.

Murt’s taking now and he’s focusing on Herculex RW Research and describing the experimental design testing they’ve conducted. I’m recording the presentation and will decide later if it’s something to post. I will also try to get interviews with both these guys if time permits and post them later.

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After Kyle and Murt’s presentation I interviewed Kyle and he talks about the type of research that’s led to the new Bt products developed by Pioneer. He describes availability for the coming growing season and where growers can get more information.

You can listen to my interview with Kyle here: Kyle Whitaker Interview (4:52 MP3 File)

The first presentation here at the Pioneer event is with Bill Kuhn, Research Director. Bill is talking about new technologies and how Pioneer is bringing those solutions to market. Before we got started I interviewed Bill about these new technologies and what their goal is in bringing the media here today. I also asked him what he thought about blogging his research so producers can follow along with him as he creates the products they’ll be using in the future.

You can hear Bill’s answers in my interview with him here: Bill Kuhn Interview (5:48 MP3 File)

Well we’re in the Pioneer Carver Center now and lunch is almost over. I interviewed Pioneer, Sales & Marketing/Public Relations Manager, Jerry Harrington before things got going. He gives us an overview of the Science of Solutions media event.

You can listen to my interview with Jerry here: Jerry Harrington Interview (2:38 MP3 File)

Here’s Jerry watching the first presentation with Bill Kuhn.