Variety performance review
Pioneer Short-Season Corn (P0157AM family) in the Corn Belt North.
- Good
- Corteva Agriscience (Pioneer)
- 97–101 RM
- GMO
Trait package: Roundup Ready 2, Optimum AcreMax (above-ground insect)
Regional strengths
Short-RM positioning is appropriate for the Northern Corn Belt — these hybrids are designed to reach black layer before a typical first fall frost in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Dakotas without leaving yield potential on the table for the season length available.
Regional weaknesses
97–101 RM hybrids in the Corn Belt Core (Iowa, Illinois) underperform on yield potential vs. 110+ RM full-season hybrids by 10–15% in a typical year because they finish too early to capture late-summer grain fill. North of central Minnesota, even shorter RMs may be required.
Yield data
Trial-verified performance.
Average yield
— bu/acre
Data quality
company reported
Agronomic ratings
Drought tolerance
fair
Standability
good
Emergence
good
Winter hardiness
na
Disease resistance
- Gray leaf spot:good
- Northern corn leaf blight:good
- Goss's wilt:unknown
Best for
- short-season fields
- north of I-94 corridor
- areas with reliable first-frost dates earlier than Oct 1
Not recommended for
- full-season corn belt acres
- irrigated full-season fields
Best soil types
loess silt loam, glacial till loam
Seeding rate
32,000–35,000 seeds/acre on typical soils
Data quality & sources
Quality: company-reported · Last updated 2024.
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