UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-K
 X   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
- ---  EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (FEE REQUIRED)

                   For the fiscal year ended August 31, 1995
                                             ---------------

                                       OR

- ---  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
     EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (NO FEE REQUIRED)

                For the transition period from           to
                                               ----------

                      Commission File Number : 0-7908

                    PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC
                    ----------------------------------
           (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Iowa                                42-0470520
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   (State or other jurisdiction of               (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)              Identification No.)

           700 Capital Square, 400 Locust, Des Moines, Iowa  50309
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           (Address of principal executive offices)      (Zip Code)

      Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (515) 248-4800
                                                         ---------------

         Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                          Name of each exchange
         Title of each class               on which registered
        --------------------               -------------------
     Common Stock ($1.00 par value)      New York Stock Exchange

         Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                               Title of class
                      -----------------------------
                                  NONE

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports)  and  (2)  has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

                    Yes  X                           No
                        ---                            ---

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the
best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statement
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this
Form 10-K. [X]

The  aggregate  market  value of  voting  stock  held by  non-affiliates  of the
Registrant  as of October 6, 1995,  was  $3,759,201,000.  As of October 6, 1995,
83,486,829  shares of the  Registrant's  Common  Stock,  $1.00 par  value,  were
outstanding.




                DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

   1.  Registrant incorporates by reference portions of the Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc. Annual Shareholders' Report for the year ended August 31,
1995. (Items 1 and 2 of Part I, Items 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Part II.)

   2.  Registrant  incorporates  by  reference  portions of the Pioneer  Hi-Bred
International,  Inc. Proxy  Statement for the annual meeting of  shareholders on
February 27, 1996. (Items 10, 11, 12 and 13 of Part III).

                                 PART I

ITEM 1.  BUSINESS

   The  description of business  contained in the Annual Report to  Shareholders
for the year ended August 31, 1995 is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 2.  PROPERTIES

   The description of properties  contained in the Annual Report to Shareholders
for the year ended August 31, 1995 is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 3.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

   No material legal proceedings

ITEM 4.  SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

   None

                                PART II

ITEM 5.  MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED
         STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

   Market information for the Registrant's  Common Stock contained in the Annual
Report to Shareholders for the year ended August 31, 1995 is incorporated herein
by reference.

ITEM 6.  SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

   Selected  financial data contained in the Annual Report to  Shareholders  for
the year ended August 31, 1995 is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 7.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
         AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

   Management's  discussion  and analysis of financial  condition and results of
operations  contained in the Annual  Report to  Shareholders  for the year ended
August 31, 1995 is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 8.  CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

   The consolidated  financial  statements of the Registrant,  together with the
report  thereon of KPMG Peat  Marwick  LLP  contained  in the  Annual  Report to
Shareholders  for the year ended  August  31,  1995 are  incorporated  herein by
reference.






ITEM 9.  CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING
         AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

   None

                               PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

   Reference is made to registrant's definitive proxy statement to be filed with
the  Commission  pursuant to Regulation  14(a) not later than December 29, 1995;
and the information responsive to the item is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

   Reference is made to registrant's definitive proxy statement to be filed with
the  Commission  pursuant to Regulation  14(a) not later than December 29, 1995;
and the information responsive to the item is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

   Reference is made to registrant's definitive proxy statement to be filed with
the  Commission  pursuant to Regulation  14(a) not later than December 29, 1995;
and the information responsive to the item is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

   Reference is made to registrant's definitive proxy statement to be filed with
the  Commission  pursuant to Regulation  14(a) not later than December 29, 1995;
and the information responsive to the item is incorporated herein by reference.

                               PART IV

ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

    (a) 1.  Financial Statements

        The consolidated financial statements of Pioneer Hi-Bred
        International, Inc. and subsidiaries filed are listed on page 4.

    (a) 2.  Financial Statement Schedules

        The financial statement schedules of Pioneer Hi-Bred
        International, Inc. and subsidiaries filed are listed on page 4.

    (a) 3.  Exhibits

        The exhibits to the Annual Report of Pioneer Hi-Bred
        International, Inc. filed are listed on page 7.

    (b) Reports on Form 8-K

        No report on Form 8-K was filed  during the  fourth  quarter of the year
        ended August 31, 1995.





                            FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                                      AND
                        FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
                                      OF
                     PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                  FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 1995


                                    INDEX

Financial Statements

The   following   consolidated   financial   statements   of   Pioneer   Hi-Bred
International,  Inc. and  subsidiaries are incorporated by reference in Part II,
Item 8:

Independent Auditors' Report
Consolidated  Balance Sheets - August 31, 1995 and 1994
Consolidated  Statements of Income - years ended August 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993
Consolidated  Statements of Shareholders'  Equity - years ended August 31, 1995,
  1994 and 1993
Consolidated  Statements  of Cash Flows - years ended August 31, 1995,  1994 and
  1993
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

                                                                    Page


Financial Statement Schedules

The following financial  statement  schedules of Pioneer Hi-Bred  International,
Inc. and subsidiaries are submitted in response to Part IV, Item 14:

Independent Auditors' Report                                         5

Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts                      6

Exhibits to the Annual Report                                        7

All other financial statement  schedules have been omitted as not required,  not
applicable, or because all the data are included in the financial statements.





                        Independent Auditors' Report

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
DES MOINES, IOWA

Under date of October 13, 1995, we reported on the  consolidated  balance sheets
of Pioneer Hi-Bred  International,  Inc. and  subsidiaries as of August 31, 1995
and 1994,  and the  related  consolidated  statements  of income,  shareholders'
equity,  and cash  flows for each of the years in the  three-year  period  ended
August 31, 1995, as contained in the 1995 annual report to  stockholders.  These
consolidated  financial  statements and our report thereon are  incorporated  by
reference  in the annual  report on Form 10-K for the year 1995.  In  connection
with our audits of the aforementioned consolidated financial statements, we also
have audited the related 1995,  1994 and 1993 financial  statement  schedule II.
This  financial  statement  schedule  is the  responsibility  of  the  Company's
management.  Our  responsibility  is to express  an  opinion  on this  financial
statement schedule based on our audits.

In our opinion,  such financial statement schedule,  when considered in relation
to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly,
in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Des Moines, Iowa
October 13, 1995





                    PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.

             SCHEDULE II-VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
                              (In millions)



   Column A                     Column B         Column C        Column D        Column E
   --------                     --------         --------        --------        --------

                                                 Additions
                                Balance At       Charged To                      Balance
                                Beginning        Costs And       Deductions       At End
   Description                  Of Period         Expenses      (Recoveries)*    Of Period
                                                                       

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts:

Year ended August 31, 1995       $    21          $     2        $     4           $    19
                                  ------           ------         ------            ------

Year ended August 31, 1994       $    19          $     5        $     3           $    21
                                  ------           ------         ------            ------

Year ended August 31, 1993       $    25          $     8        $    14           $    19
                                  ------           ------         ------            ------





<FN>

 *Represents accounts charged off as uncollectible, net of recoveries of bad
  debts.
</FN>






                                 INDEX

                 Exhibits to Annual Report on Form 10-K
                        Year Ended August 31, 1995
                   PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.


                                                                    Page

Exhibit 3--Articles of incorporation and by-laws                    8-29

Exhibit 4--Rights  Agreement,  incorporated  herein by
 reference to Exhibit 1 of the Company's Form 8-A/A-1
    filed March 14, 1995

Exhibit 10--Material Contracts
   Supplemental Executive  Retirement Plan, incorporated
     herein by reference to Exhibit 10 of the Company's
       1986 Annual Report on Form 10-K (file  #0-7908)
   Restricted  Stock  Plan*
   Deferred Compensation Plan*
   Annual Deferred Compensation Plan*
   Consulting Agreement with a Director                               30

Exhibit 11--Statement re:  Computation of earnings per share          31

Exhibit 13--Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year
  ended August 31, 1995

  Description of the Company's business incorporated by
    reference                                                      32-34

  Consolidated net sales and operating income (loss) by product
     statement incorporated by reference                              35

  Research and product development incorporated by reference          36

  Description of properties incorporated by reference              37-38

  Market for the Registrant's common stock incorporated by
    reference                                                         39

  Selected financial data incorporated by reference                   40

  Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition
    and results of operations incorporated by reference            41-52

  Consolidated financial statements of the Registrant,
    together with the report thereon incorporated by reference     53-70

Exhibit 21--Subsidiaries of Registrant                             71-74

Exhibit 27--Financial data schedule                                   78




*  Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 of the Company's
   1993 Annual Report on Form 10-K





                                       EXHIBIT 3


                              SECOND RESTATED AND AMENDED
                             ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
                          PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.


TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

     Pursuant  to the  provisions  of  Section  490.1007  of the  Iowa  Business
Corporation Act, Chapter 490, Code of Iowa, the undersigned  Corporation  adopts
the following Second Restated and Amended Articles of Incorporation

                                       ARTICLE I

     The name of the corporation shall be PIONEER HI-BRED  INTERNATIONAL,  INC.,
and its  principal  place of business  shall be in the City of Des Moines,  Polk
County, Iowa.

                                      ARTICLE II

     The duration of the Corporation's existence hereunder is perpetual.

                                      ARTICLE III

     The purpose or purposes for which the  Corporation  is organized  are: This
Corporation  shall  have  unlimited  power to engage in and to do any lawful act
concerning any or all lawful businesses for which  corporations may be organized
under Chapter 490 of the Code of Iowa.

                                      ARTICLE IV

     A. The  aggregate  amount of authorized  capital stock of this  Corporation
shall be  $l50,000,000  divided into (i) 150,000,000  shares,  consisting of one
class  designated  as common and having a par value of One  Dollar  ($1.00)  per
share, and (ii) 10,000,000 shares,  consisting of one class designated as serial
preferred without par value.

     B. 1. Each  outstanding  share of common  stock  shall  entitle  the holder
thereof to five votes on each matter properly submitted to the holders of shares
of common stock for their vote, consent, waiver, release or other action; except
that no holder  shall be  entitled  to  exercise  more than one vote on any such
matter in respect of any share of common  stock with  respect to which there has
been a  change  in  beneficial  ownership  during  the  thirty-six  (36)  months
immediately  preceding  the  date  on  which  a  determination  is  made  of the
shareholders who are entitled to take any such action.

        2. A change in  beneficial ownership of an outstanding  share of common
stock shall be deemed to have occurred whenever a change occurs in any person or
group of persons who, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement,
understanding,  relationship or otherwise has or shares (i) voting power,  which
includes  the  power to vote,  or to  direct  the  voting  of such  share;  (ii)
investment  power,  which  includes  the  power  to  direct  the  sale or  other
disposition of such share;  (iii) the right to receive or retain the proceeds of
any sale or other  disposition  of such share;  or (iv) the right to receive any
distributions, including cash dividends, in respect of such share.






           a. In the absence of proof to the  contrary  provided  in  accordance
with the  procedures  referred to in  subparagraph  (4) of this  paragraph  B, a
change in beneficial ownership shall be deemed to have occurred whenever a share
of common stock is transferred of record into the name of any other person.

           b. In the case of a share of common  stock held of record in the name
of a corporation,  general  partnership,  limited  partnership,  voting trustee,
bank, trust company,  broker,  nominee or clearing agency,  or in any other name
except  a  natural  person,  if it has not  been  established  pursuant  to such
procedures that there has been no change in the person or persons who direct the
exercise  of the  rights  referred  to in  clauses  2(i)  through  2(iv) of this
paragraph  with  respect  to such  share of common  stock  during  the period of
thirty-six  months  immediately  preceding the date on which a determination  is
made of the  shareholders who are entitled to take any action (or since November
14, 1985 for any period ending on or before November 14, 1988), then a change in
beneficial ownership shall be deemed to have occurred during such period.

           c. In the case of a share of common  stock held of record in the name
of any person as trustee,  agent,  guardian or custodian under the Uniform Gifts
to Minors Act as in effect in any state, a change in beneficial  ownership shall
be deemed to have occurred whenever there is a change in the beneficiary of such
trust,  the principal of such agent,  the ward of such guardian or the minor for
whom such custodian is acting or in such trustee, agent, guardian or custodian.

           3. Notwithstanding  anything in this paragraph B to the contrary,  no
change in  beneficial  ownership  shall be deemed to have  occurred  solely as a
result of:

           a. any event that occurred  prior to November 14, 1985 or pursuant to
the terms of any  contract  (other than a contract  for the purchase and sale of
shares of common stock  contemplating  prompt  settlement),  including contracts
providing  for  options,  rights of first  refusal and similar  arrangements  in
existence on such date to which any holder of shares of common stock is a party;

           b. any transfer of any interest in shares of common stock pursuant to
a bequest or inheritance,  by operation of law upon the death of any individual,
or by any other transfer without valuable  consideration,  including a gift that
is made in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Article IV;

           c. any change in the beneficiary of any trust, or any distribution of
a share of common stock from trust, by reason of the birth,  death,  marriage or
divorce of any natural  person,  the adoption of any natural person prior to age
18 or the  passage of a given  period of time or the  attainment  by any natural
person of a specific age, or the creation or termination of any  guardianship or
custodial arrangement;

           d.  any  appointment  of a  successor  trustee,  agent,  guardian  or
custodian  with respect to a share of common stock if neither such successor has
nor its  predecessor had the power to vote or to dispose of such share of common
stock  without  further   instructions  from  others,  whose  identities  remain
unchanged;






           e.  any  change  in   the   person  to  whom  dividends  or   other
distributions  in respect  to  a  share  of  common  stock  are   to  be  paid
pursuant  to  the  issuance  or  modification of a revocable dividend  payment
order; or

           f. except as provided in  subparagraph  (5) of this  paragraph B, any
issuance of a share of common  stock by the  Corporation  or any transfer by the
Corporation  of a share of common  stock  held in  treasury,  (i.e.,  the person
acquiring  the share  shall be deemed on the date of issuance or transfer by the
Corporation to have  continuously  beneficially  owned such share for thirty-six
(36) months),  unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors at the time
of authorizing such issuance or transfer.

           4. For purposes of this  paragraph B, all  determinations  concerning
changes in  beneficial  ownership,  or the absence of any such change,  shall be
made  by  the  Corporation.  Written  procedures  designed  to  facilitate  such
determinations  shall be established by the Corporation and refined from time to
time. Such procedures shall provide,  among other things, the manner of proof of
facts  that will be  accepted  and the  frequency  with  which such proof may be
required to be renewed. The Corporation and any transfer agent shall be entitled
to rely on all information  concerning  beneficial ownership of the common stock
coming to their attention from any source and in any manner reasonably deemed by
them to be reliable, but neither the Corporation nor any transfer agent shall be
charged with any other  knowledge  concerning  the  beneficial  ownership of the
common stock.

           5. In the event of any stock split or stock  dividend with respect to
the common stock, each share of common stock acquired by reason of such split or
dividend  shall be  deemed to have been  beneficially  owned by the same  person
continuously  from the same date as that on which  beneficial  ownership  of the
share of common  stock,  with  respect to which  such share of common  stock was
distributed, was acquired.

           6. Each share of common  stock,  whether at any  particular  time the
holder thereof is entitled to exercise five votes for one, shall be identical to
all other shares of common stock in all other respects,  and together all of the
common shares shall constitute a single class of shares of the Corporation.

           7. Notwithstanding any provision in this paragraph B to the contrary,
if at any time the common stock will be ineligible for inclusion on the National
Market System of the National Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc. Automated
Quotation System (or such other similar automated  quotation system as may exist
at the time) so long as some but not all shares of common  stock have five votes
per  share,  then,  upon a  determination  by the  Board of  Directors  that the
provisions  of this  paragraph  B no  longer  are in the best  interests  of the
shareholders,  and without any shareholder  action,  each  outstanding  share of
common  stock  shall  entitle  the  holder  thereof  to one vote on each  matter
properly  submitted  thereafter  to the holders of common  stock for their vote,
consent, waiver, release or other action.

     C. The  preferences,  voting rights,  if any,  limitations  and relative
rights of the serial preferred stock are as follows:






           1. The  holders of the  preferred  stock shall be entitled to receive
dividends  when and as declared by the Board of  Directors at such rate as shall
be fixed by  resolution of the Board of Directors as hereafter  provided,  which
dividends  shall be cumulative,  before any dividends shall be paid or set apart
for payment on the common stock.  The holders of the preferred  stock shall have
no rights to share in any dividend or  distribution  of profits or assets of the
Corporation, whether in the form of cash, stock dividend or otherwise, except to
the extent  specifically  provided herein or in said resolutions of the Board of
Directors.

           2. In the event of any liquidation,  dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation,  the  holders of the  preferred  stock shall be entitled to be paid
such  amounts  as shall be fixed by  resolution  of the Board of  Directors,  as
hereafter  provided,  before any amount shall be paid on the common stock. After
the payment to the holders of the  preferred  stock of all such amounts to which
they are entitled  pursuant to said  resolutions of the Board of Directors,  the
remaining  assets and funds of the Corporation  shall be divided and paid to the
holders  of  common  stock.  Neither  the  consolidation  nor the  merger of the
Corporation  with  or  into  any  other  corporation  or  corporations,   nor  a
reorganization  of the  Corporation  alone,  nor  the  sale or  transfer  by the
Corporation  of  all  or any  part  of  its  assets,  shall  be  deemed  to be a
liquidation,  dissolution  or winding up of the  Corporation  for the purpose of
this subparagraph (2).

           3. The preferred  stock shall be subject to redemption in whole or in
part at such price and at such time and place and in such manner as the Board of
Directors shall determine.

           4. Each share of preferred stock shall be entitled to such privileges
of conversion, if any, as are provided and declared by the Board of Directors at
such  time as the  issue of which it is a part is  established  by the  Board of
Directors.

   The preferred  stock may be issued from time to time in series.  Authority is
hereby  expressly  granted to the Board of Directors  to  authorize  one or more
series of  preferred  stock and to fix the number of shares to  constitute  such
series and distinctive  designations thereof and, with respect to each series of
preferred stock, to fix by resolution or resolutions  providing for the issuance
of such series such  variations  in respect  thereof as may be determined by the
Board of Directors. All shares of every series of preferred stock shall be alike
in every  particular,  and all series of preferred stock hereafter created shall
rank equally and be identical in all respects, except as to the following rights
and preferences  which may constitute  variations as between different series of
preferred stock:

     a.  The rate of the dividend on the shares of such series;

     b.  The price at, and the terms and conditions upon which shares may be
         redeemed;

     c.  The amount payable upon shares in the event of involuntary liquidation;

     d.  The amount payable upon shares in the event of voluntary liquidation;

     e.  Sinking fund provisions for the redemption or purchase of shares;






     f. The terms and  conditions  on which shares may be  converted,  if the
shares of any series are issued with the privilege of conversion; and

     g. Voting rights, if any.

     D. The holder of any share of such common or serial  preferred  stock shal
have no preemptive  rights to acquire any additional  shares of the Corporation
or to acquire any treasury stock of the Corporation.

                                       ARTICLE V

     The  address of the  registered  office of the  Corporation  is 700 Capital
Square,  400 Locust St.,  Des Moines,  Polk  County,  Iowa,  and the name of its
registered agent at such address is John D. Hintze.

                                      ARTICLE VI

     A. The number of directors of the Corporation shall be not less than twelve
(12) and not greater than sixteen (16), and,  effective as of the annual meeting
of  shareholders  in 1982,  the Board of  Directors  shall be divided into three
classes,  designated  Class I, Class II and Class III.  Such classes shall be as
nearly  equal in number as  possible.  The term of  directors of one class shall
extend  to each  annual  meeting  of  shareholders  and in all  cases as to each
director,  until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify,  or until his
earlier  resignation,  removal  from  office,  death or  incapacity.  Additional
directorships  resulting  from an  increase  in  number  of  directors  shall be
apportioned among the classes as equally as possible. The initial term of office
of directors of Class I shall extend to the annual  meeting of  shareholders  in
1983,  that of Class II shall extend to the annual  meeting in 1984, and that of
Class III shall  extend to the annual  meeting  in 1985,  and in all cases as to
each director  until his  successor  shall be elected and shall qualify or until
his earlier  resignation,  removal from  office,  death or  incapacity.  At each
annual meeting of  shareholders,  the number of directors equal to the number of
directors of the class whose term  extends to the time of such meeting  shall be
elected to hold office until the third succeeding annual meeting of shareholders
after their  election.  The Board of Directors  may, upon a majority vote of its
members,  increase or  decrease  the number of  directors  within the limits set
forth above. Vacancies in the Board of Directors or new directorships created by
an increase in the number of directors  shall be filled by majority  vote of the
remaining  members  of  the  Board  and  the  person  filling  such  vacancy  or
newly-created  directorship  shall serve out the  remainder  of the term for the
vacated directorship or, in the case of a new directorship,  the term designated
for the class of directors of which that directorship is a part.

     B. The shareholders may at any time at a meeting  expressly called for that
purpose remove any or all of the directors,  for cause,  by a vote of two-thirds
of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors. For purposes of
this Article, removal "for cause" shall mean that the director to be removed has
been  convicted  of a  felony  by a court  of  competent  jurisdiction  and such
conviction  is no longer  subject to direct  appeal,  or that the director to be
removed  has been  adjudged to be liable for  negligence  or  misconduct  in the
performance of his duty to the Corporation by a court of competent  jurisdiction
and such adjudication is no longer subject to direct appeal.






     C. This  Article VI may not be  amended,  altered or  repealed  without the
approval  of  two-thirds  of the  shares  entitled  to  vote  at the  time  such
amendment, alteration or repeal is proposed.

                                      ARTICLE VII

     Each  director  and officer and each  former  director  and officer of this
Corporation  and each  person  who may serve at its  request  as a  director  or
officer of another corporation in which this Corporation or a subsidiary of this
Corporation owns shares of capital stock, or of which it is a creditor, shall be
indemnified  by this  Corporation  against  all  costs and  expenses  reasonably
incurred by him in connection with any action, suit or proceeding in which he is
or may be involved by reason of his being, or having been, a director or officer
of  this  Corporation  or of  such  other  corporation  (whether  or not he is a
director or officer at the time of incurring  such costs and  expenses),  except
with  respect to matters as to which he shall be  adjudged  in any such  action,
suit or  proceeding  to be liable by  reason of his  negligence,  fraud or other
civil or criminal  misconduct in the  performance of his duties.  In the case of
the settlement of any such action,  suit or proceeding,  he shall be indemnified
by this Corporation against the costs and expenses (including any amount paid in
settlement  to this  Corporation  or to such  other  corporation  or  otherwise)
reasonably  incurred by him in connection  with such action,  suit or proceeding
(whether or not he is a director or officer at the time of incurring  such costs
and expenses) if, and only if, the holders of a majority of capital stock of the
Corporation  represented  at any  annual  meeting  or  special  meeting  of such
shareholders shall vote to approve such settlement and the reimbursement of such
director or officer of such costs or expenses.

     The foregoing rights of indemnification shall apply to the heirs, executors
and  administrators  of any such  director  or  officer,  or former  director or
officer or person and shall not be  exclusive  of other rights to which any such
director  or officer  or former  director  or officer or persons  (or his heirs,
executors or administrators) may be entitled as a matter of law.

                                     ARTICLE VIII

     The Board of Directors of this Corporation  shall have the power to adopt a
corporate seal which shall be the corporate seal of this Corporation.

                                      ARTICLE IX

     The private property of the  shareholders of this Corporation  shall at all
times be exempt from  liability of corporate  debts of any kind and this Article
shall not be amended or repealed.

                                       ARTICLE X

     In the event that any shareholder shall become indebted to the Corporation,
the Corporation  shall have a lien upon any shares of stock in this  Corporation
owned by such shareholder for the full amount of such indebtedness.

                                      ARTICLE XI

     Stock in this Corporation  shall be transferred only by assignment upon the
books of the Corporation, subject to and in accordance with such restrictions as
may be provided in the by-laws of this Corporation.






                                      ARTICLE XII

     To the fullest extent permitted by the Iowa Business Corporation Act as the
same now exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of the Corporation shall
not be liable to the Corporation or its  stock-holders  for monetary damages for
breach of  fiduciary  duty as a  director.  Any repeal or  modification  of this
ARTICLE  XII by the  stockholders  of the  Corporation  only  shall  be  applied
prospectively,  to the extent that such repeal or modification would, if applied
retrospectively,  adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a
director  of the  Corporation  existing  immediately  prior  to such  repeal  or
modification.

    The above Second  Restated  and Amended  Articles of  Incorporation  do not
contain an amendment  requiring the approval of the Corporation's  shareholders,
and were unanimously adopted by the Corporation's Board of Directors on December
11, 1990.

Dated December 11, 1990

                       PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.


                                   By:    /s/  Jerry L. Chicoine
                                               Jerry L. Chicoine
                                      Title: Senior Vice President, CFO
                                                  and Secretary



STATE OF IOWA)
                   ss:
COUNTY OF POLK)

     On this 11th day of December,  1990,  before me, a notary public in and for
the State of Iowa,  personally  appeared  Jerry L.  Chicoine,  to me  personally
known,  who being by me duly sworn do say that he is the Senior Vice  President,
CFO and Secretary, respectively of said corporation, that the corporate seal has
been affixed to this document and that said Second Restated and Amended Articles
of  Incorporation  were signed on behalf of said corporation by authority of its
Board of Directors and the said Jerry L. Chicoine  acknowledges the execution of
said  instrument  to be the  voluntary  act and deed of said  corporation  by it
voluntarily executed.

                                    By:  /s/  Jane B. Forbes
                                              Jane B. Forbes
                                   Notary Public in and for the State of
                                                  Iowa





           September 12, 1995


                              RESTATED AND AMENDED BYLAWS

                                          OF

                          PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.


                                      ARTICLE I.

                                   PRINCIPAL OFFICE

     The  principal  office of the  Corporation  shall be located at 700 Capital
Square,  400  Locust  Street in the City of Des  Moines,  in the County of Polk,
State of Iowa.

                                      ARTICLE II.

                               MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

     SECTION 1. Annual Meeting.  The annual meeting of the shareholders shall be
held on the fourth  Tuesday of  February of each year,  beginning  with the year
1988 at the hour of 2:00 P.M. for the purpose of electing  directors and for the
transaction  of such other  business as may come before the  meeting;  PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the President may in any year designate an earlier date as the day
of the  annual  meeting  that year.  If the day fixed for the annual  meeting as
herein provided shall be a legal holiday,  and a different day is not designated
by the  President,  such meeting shall be held on the next  succeeding  business
day. If the election of directors shall not be held on the day designated herein
for any annual meeting or any adjournment  thereof, the Board of Directors shall
cause  the  election  to be  held  at a  meeting  of the  shareholders  as  soon
thereafter as conveniently may be held.

     SECTION 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders,  for any
purpose or purposes,  unless otherwise  prescribed by statute or by the Articles
of  Incorporation,  may be  called by the  President  and shall be called by the
President  or  Secretary at the request in writing of a majority of the Board of
Directors,  or at the  request in writing of  shareholders  owning not less than
one-tenth in amount of the entire  capital stock of the  Corporation  issued and
outstanding  and  entitled  to vote.  Such  request  shall  state the purpose or
purposes of the proposed meeting.  Business transacted at any special meeting of
the shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice.

     SECTION 3. Place of Meeting.  The Board of Directors or the  President  may
designate any place, either within or without the State of Iowa, as the place of
meeting for any annual meeting or for any special meeting called by the Board of
Directors.  A waiver of notice  signed by all  shareholders  may  designate  any
place,  either within or without the State of Iowa, as the place for the holding
of such meeting. If no designation is made, or if a special meeting be otherwise
called,  the place of meeting shall be the registered  office of the Corporation
in the State of Iowa.






     SECTION 4. Notice of Meetings. Written or printed notice stating the place,
day and hour of the meeting,  and in the case of a special meeting,  the purpose
or purposes for which the meeting is called,  shall be  delivered  not less than
ten (10) or more than sixty (60) days  before  the date of the  meeting,  either
personally  or by  mail,  by or at  the  direction  of  the  President,  or  the
Secretary, or the officer or persons calling the meeting, to each shareholder of
record entitled to vote at such meeting.  If mailed, such notice shall be deemed
to be  delivered  when  deposited in the United  States  mail,  addressed to the
shareholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with
postage thereon prepaid.

     SECTION 5.  Closing of  Transfer  Books or Fixing of Record  Date.  For the
purpose  of  determining  shareholders  entitled  to notice of or to vote at any
meeting of  shareholders,  or  shareholders  entitled to receive  payment of any
dividend,  or in order to make a  determination  of  shareholders  for any other
proper  purpose,  the Board of Directors of the Corporation may provide that the
stock transfer books shall be closed for a stated period,  but not to exceed, in
any case, seventy (70) days. If the stock transfer books shall be closed for the
purpose  of  determining  shareholders  entitled  to  notice  of or to vote at a
meeting of  shareholders,  such books shall be closed for at least ten (10) days
immediately preceding such meeting. In lieu of closing the stock transfer books,
the Board of Directors may fix in advance a date as the record date for any such
determination of shareholders, such date in any case to be not more than seventy
(70) days and, for a meeting of shareholders, not less than ten (10) days, prior
to the date on which the  particular  action,  requiring such  determination  of
shareholders, is to be taken. If the transfer books are not closed and no record
date is fixed for the determination of shareholders  entitled to notice of or to
vote at a meeting of shareholders,  or shareholders  entitled to receive payment
of a dividend,  the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on
which the  resolution  of the Board of  Directors  declaring  such  dividend  is
adopted,  as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of
shareholders.  When a  determination  of  shareholders  entitled  to vote at any
meeting  of  shareholders  has  been  made as  provided  in this  section,  such
determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

     SECTION 6. Voting Lists. The officer or agent having charge of the transfer
books for shares of the  Corporation  shall make,  at least ten (10) days before
each meeting of shareholders,  a complete list of the  shareholders  entitled to
vote at such meeting,  arranged in alphabetical  order,  with the address of and
the number of shares  held by each,  which  list,  for a period of ten (10) days
prior to such meeting,  shall be subject to inspection by any shareholder at any
time during usual business hours. Such list shall also be produced and kept open
at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the  inspection  of
any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting.  The original share ledger
or transfer  book,  or a duplicate  thereof  kept in this State,  shall be prima
facie evidence as to who are the  shareholders  entitled to examine such list or
share ledger or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of shareholders.






     SECTION  7.  Quorum.  The  holders of a  majority  of the stock  issued and
outstanding  and entitled to vote thereat,  present in person or  represented by
proxy,  shall  constitute a quorum at all meetings of the  shareholders  for the
transaction  of business as otherwise  provided by statute or by the Articles of
Incorporation.  If, however,  such quorum shall not be present or represented at
any meeting of the shareholders, a majority of the shareholders entitled to vote
thereat,  present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn
the meeting from time to time,  without  notice other than  announcement  at the
meeting,  until a quorum  shall be present  or  represented.  At such  adjourned
meeting, at which a quorum shall be present or represented,  any business may be
transacted  which  might  have been  transacted  at the  meeting  as  originally
noticed.  When a quorum is present at any meeting,  the vote of the holders of a
majority of the stock having  voting power present in person or  represented  by
proxy shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless the question
is one upon which by express  provision  of the  statutes or of the  Articles of
Incorporation  a  different  vote is  required,  in  which  case,  such  express
provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

     SECTION  8.  Proxies.  Each  shareholder  shall  at  every  meeting  of the
shareholders  be  entitled  to that  number  of  votes as is  determined  by the
Corporation in accordance  with Article IV of the Articles of  Incorporation  of
the  Corporation,  as presently in effect or as may be amended  hereafter,  upon
each matter  submitted to vote of the  shareholders  to be voted in person or by
proxy  executed  in  writing  by  said  shareholder  or by his  duly  authorized
attorney-in-fact,  for each share of the capital  stock having voting power held
by such  shareholder.  Such  proxy  shall be filed  with  the  Secretary  of the
Corporation before or at the time of the meeting.  No proxy shall be valid after
eleven (11) months from the date of its execution,  unless otherwise provided in
the proxy.

     SECTION 9. Voting of Shares by Certain Holders. Shares standing in the name
of another  Corporation,  domestic  or  foreign,  may be voted by such  officer,
agent,  or proxy as the Bylaws of such  Corporation  may  prescribe,  or, in the
absence of such  provision,  as the Board of Directors of such  Corporation  may
determine.

     Shares  standing  in the name of a  deceased  person,  a minor,  ward or an
incompetent person, may be voted by his administrator, executor, court appointed
guardian or conservator, either in person or by proxy without a transfer of such
shares into the name of such administrator,  executor,  court appointed guardian
or  conservator.  Shares  standing  in the name of a trustee may be voted by him
either in person or by proxy.

     Shares  standing in the name of the receiver may be voted by such receiver,
and  shares  held by or under the  control  of a  receiver  may be voted by such
receiver  without the  transfer  thereof  into his name if authority to do so be
contained  in an  appropriate  order of the  court by which  such  receiver  was
appointed.

     A  shareholder  whose  shares are  pledged  shall be  entitled to vote such
shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee,  and
thereafter the pledgee shall be entitled to vote the shares so transferred.






     Shares of its own stock belonging to this  Corporation  shall not be voted,
directly or  indirectly,  at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining
the total number of outstanding  shares at any time, but shares of its own stock
held by it in a  fiduciary  capacity  may be  voted  and  shall  be  counted  in
determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

     SECTION 10. Inspectors. At any meeting of shareholders, the chairman of the
meeting may, or upon the request of any  shareholder,  shall appoint one or more
persons as inspectors  for such meeting.  Such  inspectors  shall  ascertain and
report  the  number of shares  represented  at the  meeting,  based  upon  their
determination of the validity and effect of proxies;  count all votes and report
the  results;  and do such other acts as are proper to conduct the  election and
voting with impartiality and fairness to all the shareholders. Each report of an
inspector  shall be in writing  and  signed by him or by a  majority  of them if
there be more than one inspector  acting at such meeting.  If there is more than
one inspector, the report of the majority shall be the report of the inspectors.
The report of the inspector or inspectors on the number of shares represented at
the meeting and the results of the voting shall be prima facie evidence thereof.

     SECTION 11.  Informal  Action by  Shareholders.  Any action  required to be
taken at a meeting of the  shareholders,  or any other action which may be taken
at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in
writing,  setting  forth  the  action  so  taken,  shall  be  signed  by all the
shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

     SECTION 12. Voting by Ballot. Voting on any question or in any election may
be viva voce unless the presiding  officer shall order or any shareholder  shall
demand that voting be by ballot.

     SECTION 13. Shareholder  Business  Proposals.  At any annual meeting of the
Corporation's shareholders,  only such business shall be conducted as shall have
been  properly  brought  before the meeting.  To be properly  brought  before an
annual meeting,  business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any
supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors,  (b)
otherwise  properly  brought  before the meeting by or at the  direction  of the
Board of Directors,  or (c) otherwise  properly  brought before the meeting by a
shareholder.  Business  may be properly  brought  before an annual  meeting by a
shareholder only if written notice of the  shareholder's  intent to propose such
business has been given,  either by personal  delivery or by United States mail,
first class postage  prepaid,  to the Secretary of the Corporation no later than
ninety days in advance of such annual  meeting,  provided that in the event that
less than ninety  days' notice or prior  public  disclosure  of the date of such
annual meeting is given or made to shareholders,  the  shareholder's  submission
shall be timely if received by the Secretary of the  Corporation  not later than
the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such notice of
the date of the meeting was mailed or such public disclosure was made (whichever
first  occurs).  Each notice of new  business  must set forth:  (i) the name and
address of the shareholder who intends to raise the new business;




(ii) the business desired to be brought forth at the meeting and the reasons for
conducting  such  business  at the  meeting;  (iii) a  representation  that  the
shareholder is a holder of record of stock of the  Corporation  entitled to vote
with respect to such business and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the
meeting to move the  consideration  of such  business;  (iv) such  shareholder's
beneficial   ownership  of  the   Corporation's   voting  stock;  and  (v)  such
shareholder's  interest in such business. The chairman of the meeting may refuse
to acknowledge a motion to consider any business that he determines was not made
in compliance with the foregoing procedures.

     An adjourned meeting, if notice of the adjourned meeting is not required to
be given to  shareholders,  shall be regarded as a continuation  of the original
meeting,  and any notice of new business  must meet the  foregoing  requirements
based  upon the date on which  notice  or public  disclosure  of the date of the
original  meeting was given or made. In the event of an adjourned  meeting where
notice of the  adjourned  meeting is required to be given to  shareholders,  any
notice of new  business  made by a  shareholder  with  respect to the  adjourned
meeting must meet the foregoing requirements based upon the date on which notice
or public disclosure of the date of the adjourned meeting was given or made.

     No action may be taken by the Board of Directors (whether through amendment
of the Bylaws or  otherwise)  to amend,  alter,  change or repeal,  directly  or
indirectly,  the provisions of this Article II, Section 13 of the Bylaws, unless
two-thirds of the directors  (based on the number of directors then  authorized,
regardless of whether there are any vacancies) shall concur in such action.

                                     ARTICLE III.

                                  BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     SECTION 1. General  Powers.  The  business  and affairs of the  Corporation
shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of
the  Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or
by the Articles of  Incorporation  or by these Bylaws directed or required to be
exercised or done by the shareholders.

     SECTION 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors which
shall constitute the whole Board shall be such number, not less than twelve (12)
nor more than sixteen (16), as may be determined  from time to time by vote of a
majority of the entire Board of Directors.  The directors  shall be divided into
three (3) classes  each of which shall be as nearly  equal in number as possible
except as provided in Section 3 of this Article.  The directors shall be elected
at an annual meeting of the shareholders, and shall hold an office for a term of
the lesser of (a) three (3) years or (b) until the end of the term for the Class
of Directors to which such  Director has been elected and until his successor is
elected and qualified. A Director need not be a shareholder of this Corporation.






     SECTION 3. Vacancies.  Any vacancy  occurring in the Board of Directors and
any  directorship  to be  filled  by  reason  of an  increase  in the  number of
directors,  may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining
directors  though  less than a quorum of the Board of  Directors.  Any  director
elected to fill a vacancy  created  other than by reason of an  increase  in the
number  of  directors  shall be  elected  for the  unexpired  term of his or her
predecessor  in office.  Any director  elected to fill a vacancy by reason of an
increase in the number of  directors  may continue in office only until the next
election of directors by the shareholders.

     No action may be taken by the Board of Directors (whether through amendment
of the Bylaws or  otherwise)  to amend,  alter,  change or repeal,  directly  or
indirectly,  the provisions of this Article III, Section 3 of the Bylaws, unless
two-thirds of the directors  (based on the number of directors then  authorized,
regardless of whether there are any vacancies) shall concur in such action.

     SECTION 4. Regular  Meetings.  A regular  meeting of the Board of Directors
shall be held without other notice than this Bylaw,  immediately  after,  and at
the same place as, the annual  meeting of  shareholders.  The Board of Directors
may provide,  by  resolution,  the time and place,  either within or without the
State of Iowa,  for the holding of  additional  regular  meetings  without other
notice than such resolution.

     SECTION 5. Special Meetings. Special Meetings of the Board of Directors may
be called by or at the request of the President or any two directors. The person
or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix
any  place,  either  within or without  the State of Iowa,  as the place for the
holding of such meeting.

     SECTION 6.  Notice.  Notice  shall be given at least 24 hours in advance of
the time set for such  meeting and may be given by  telephone  or  telegram.  If
notice  be given by  telegram,  such  notice  shall  deem to be  delivered  when
delivered to the telegraph  company.  Any director may waive notice of a meeting
by  written  waiver,  executed  either  before or after  the time  stated in the
notice.  Attendance  at a meeting  shall  constitute  a waiver of notice of such
meeting, except where a director attends such meeting for the express purpose of
objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened.

     SECTION 7.  Quorum.  A majority  of the number of  directors  currently  in
office shall  constitute a quorum for  transaction of business at any meeting of
the Board of Directors, provided, that if less than a majority of such number of
directors are present at said meeting,  a majority of the directors  present may
adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

     SECTION  8.  Manner of Acting.  The act of the  majority  of the  directors
present at a meeting at which a quorum is present  shall be the act of the Board
of Directors,  except as may be otherwise  specifically provided by statute, the
Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.  Members of the Board of Directors or
any committee  designated by such board,  may  participate  in a meeting of such
board or committee by conference telephone or similar  communications  equipment
by means of which all persons  participating in the meeting can hear each other,
and  participation  in a meeting  pursuant to this  provision  shall  constitute
presence in person at such meeting.






     SECTION 9. Informal Action. Unless specifically  prohibited by statute, the
Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws,  any action required to be taken at a
meeting of the Board of  Directors,  or any other action which may be taken at a
meeting of the Board of  Directors  or of any  committee  thereof,  may be taken
without a meeting if a consent in  writing,  setting  forth the action so taken,
shall be signed  by all the  directors  entitled  to vote  with  respect  to the
subject matter  thereof,  or by all the members of such committee and filed with
the minutes of  proceedings  of the Board or  committee  as the case may be. Any
such consent  signed by all the  Directors or all the members of such  committee
shall have the same effect as a unanimous vote, and may be stated as such in any
document filed with the Secretary of State, or issued for any other reason.

     SECTION 10. Compensation.  The Directors may be paid for their expenses, if
any, of attendance at such meeting of the Board of Directors,  and may be paid a
fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors,  or a stated
salary or fee as such director. No such payment shall preclude any director from
serving  the  Corporation  in any  other  capacity  and  receiving  compensation
therefor.  Members  of  special  or  standing  committees  may be  allowed  like
compensation for attending committee meetings.

     SECTION 11.  Presumption of Assent.  A Director of the  Corporation  who is
present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any  corporate
matter is taken shall be presumed to have  assented to the action  taken  unless
his  dissent  shall be entered in the  minutes of the meeting or unless he shall
file his written  dissent to such action with the person acting as the Secretary
of the meeting before the  adjournment  thereof or shall forward such dissent by
registered  mail to the  Secretary  of the  Corporation  immediately  after  the
adjournment  of the meeting.  Such right to dissent shall not apply to directors
who voted in favor of such action.

     SECTION 12.  Removal of Directors.  The  shareholders  may at any time at a
meeting  expressly  called for that purpose  remove any or all of the directors,
for cause,  by a vote of  two-thirds  of the shares then  entitled to vote at an
election of directors.  For the purposes of this Section 12, removal "for cause"
shall mean that the  director to be removed has been  convicted of a felony by a
court of competent  jurisdiction  and such  conviction  is no longer  subject to
direct appeal, or that the director to be removed has been adjudged to be liable
for negligence or misconduct in the  performance of his duty to the  Corporation
by a court of competent  jurisdiction and such adjudication is no longer subject
to direct  appeal.  Any  vacancy in the Board of  Directors  resulting  from the
removal of a director shall be filled by majority vote of the remaining  members
of the Board of Directors.

     SECTION  13.  Committees  of  Directors.  The Board of  Directors  may,  by
resolution  passed by a majority  of the whole  board,  designate  an  executive
committee and/or one or more other committees,  each committee to consist of two
or more of the Directors of the  Corporation,  which,  to the extent provided in
the resolution, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Directors
in the  management  of the  business  and  affairs  of the  Corporation  and may
authorize  the seal of the  Corporation  to be affixed  to all papers  which may
require it. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be
determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors.






     The Compensation  Committee shall consist of no less than three and no more
than eight directors who are not at the time of their election  employees of the
Corporation  or  otherwise  entitled  to  participate  in  any  compensation  or
incentive plan  administered  by the Committee,  except to the extent  otherwise
determined  by  a  majority  of  the  directors  who  are  not  members  of  the
Compensation Committee.  The Compensation Committee shall be responsible for all
executive   compensation  programs  of  the  Corporation,   including,   without
limitation,  stock incentive plans and shall evaluate and recommend to the Board
of Directors  compensation for executive officers.  It shall review summaries of
current  compensation  paid all other officers,  and shall  periodically  report
changes in the compensation plans for all officers and employees to the Board of
Directors.  It shall receive and review such reports of compensation and benefit
plan  administration  from the Corporation's  management as it may require.  The
Compensation  Committee shall also review, and make recommendations  concerning,
management structure and succession planning,  management retirement policy, and
officer  supervision  and training to assure the full  development of management
potential and an orderly succession of management.

     The Nominating Committee shall consist of not less than three nor more than
nine  directors  and shall be  responsible  for  establishing  criteria  for the
election  of  directors,  reviewing  management's  evaluation  of  any  officers
proposed  for   nomination  to  the  Board  of  Directors,   and  reviewing  the
qualifications  of, and when  appropriate  interviewing,  candidates  who may be
proposed for  nomination to the Board of  Directors,  including  those  nominees
recommended by shareholders. The Committee shall be responsible for recommending
to the Board of Directors,  not less than 120 days prior to each annual  meeting
of the shareholders,  a slate of directors to be elected for the following year.
The Committee shall also perform such other duties in connection with the search
for qualified directors and the selection, election, or termination of directors
as the Board of Directors may request.

     The Audit Committee shall consist of not less than three nor more than nine
directors,  a majority of whom shall be  independent  directors.  The  Committee
shall have general  oversight  responsibility  with respect to the Corporation's
financial reporting. In performing its oversight  responsibility,  the Committee
shall  make  recommendations  to the  Board of  Directors  as to the  selection,
retention, or change in the independent  accountants of the Corporation,  review
with the  independent  accountants  the  scope of their  examination  and  other
matters (relating to both audit and non-audit activities),  and review generally
the internal auditing procedures of the Corporation.  In addition, the Committee
shall  review   corporate   policies   relating  to  compliance  with  laws  and
regulations,  ethics,  and conflicts,  and  (consistent  with the NASDAQ listing
requirement)   it  shall  conduct  a  review  of  all  material   related  party
transactions on an ongoing basis. In undertaking the foregoing responsibilities,
the Audit Committee shall have  unrestricted  access,  if necessary,  to company
personnel and documents and shall be provided with the resources and  assistance
necessary to discharge its  responsibilities,  including  periodic  reports from
management  assessing  the impact of  regulation,  accounting,  and reporting or
other significant  matters that may affect the Corporation.  The Committee shall
have  authority  to appoint and dismiss the  Corporation's  director of internal
audit. The duties and responsibilities of the Audit Committee shall be set forth
in further  detail in a charter  developed by the  Committee,  provided that the
duties and  responsibilities  set forth therein  shall be  consistent  with this
Section 13 and any resolution passed by a majority of the Directors  relating to
the responsibilities of the Committee.






     In addition, the Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority
of the  Directors,  designate  an executive  committee  and/or one or more other
committees,  each  committee  to consist of two or more of the  Directors of the
Corporation, which, to the extent provided in the resolution, shall have and may
exercise the powers of the Board of Directors in the  management of the business
and affairs of the  Corporation.  Such  committee or committees  shall have such
name or names as may be determined  from time to time by  resolution  adopted by
the Board of Directors.

     SECTION 14.  Committee  Minutes.  Each  committee   shall   keep  regular
minutes of its  meetings and report  the same to the Board  of  Directors when
required.

     SECTION 15. Shareholder  Nomination of Director Candidates.  Subject to the
rights of holders of any class or series of stock having a  preference  over the
Common Stock as to dividends or upon  liquidation,  nominations for the election
of directors  may be made by the Board of Directors or a committee  appointed by
the Board of Directors or by any shareholder entitled to vote in the election of
directors  generally.  However, any shareholder entitled to vote in the election
of  directors  generally  may  nominate  one or more  persons  for  election  as
directors at a meeting only if written  notice of such  shareholder's  intent to
make such nomination or nominations has been given,  either by personal delivery
or by United States mail,  postage prepaid,  to the Secretary of the Corporation
not later than (i) with  respect to an election to be held at an annual  meeting
of  shareholders,  ninety days prior to the anniversary date of the records date
set for the immediately preceding annual meeting of shareholders,  and (ii) with
respect to an election to be held at a special meeting of  shareholders  for the
election of directors, the close of business on the tenth day following the date
on which notice of such meeting is first given to shareholders. Each such notice
shall set forth: (a) the name and address of the shareholder who intends to make
the  nomination   and  of  the  person  or  persons  to  be  nominated;   (b)  a
representation  that the  shareholder  is a  holder  of  record  of stock of the
Corporation  entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or
by proxy at the  meeting to  nominate  the person or  persons  specified  in the
notice;  (c) a description of all  arrangements  or  understandings  between the
shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person
or persons)  pursuant to which the nomination or  nominations  are to be made by
the shareholder;  (d) such other information  regarding each nominee proposed by
such  shareholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed
pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange  Commission,  had the
nominee been nominated,  or intended to be nominated, by the Board of Directors;
and (e) the consent of each nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation if
so elected.  The presiding  officer at the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the
nomination of any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedures.

     No action may be taken by the Board of Directors (whether through amendment
of the Bylaws or  otherwise)  to amend,  alter,  change or repeal,  directly  or
indirectly, the provisions of this Article III, Section 15 of the Bylaws, unless
two-thirds of the directors  (based on the number of directors then  authorized,
regardless of whether there are any vacancies) shall concur in such action.






                                      ARTICLE IV.

                                       OFFICERS

     SECTION 1. Number.  The officers of the  Corporation  shall be a President,
Vice  President,  Secretary  and a Treasurer.  The Board of  Directors  may also
choose  additional  Vice  Presidents and one or more Assistant  Secretaries  and
Assistant  Treasurers.  Any two or more  offices may be held by the same person,
except that the offices of President and Secretary shall not be held by the same
person.

     SECTION 2.  Election and Term of Office.  The  officers of the  Corporation
shall be elected  annually by the Board of Directors at the first meeting of the
Board of  Directors  held after each  annual  meeting  of  shareholders.  If the
election of officers  shall not be held at such meeting,  such election shall be
held as soon thereafter as  conveniently  may be. Each officer shall hold office
until his successor  shall have been duly elected or until his death or until he
shall resign or shall have been removed in the manner herein provided.  Election
or  appointment  of an  officer  or agent  shall not of itself  create  contract
rights.

     SECTION 3. Other  Officers.  The Board of Directors  may appoint such other
officers and agents,  as it shall deem  necessary,  who shall hold their offices
for such terms and shall  exercise  such powers and perform such duties as shall
be determined from time to time by the Board.

     SECTION 4. Removal.  Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board
of Directors may be removed from office by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the  Board  of  Directors  at any  meeting  whenever  in its  judgment  the best
interests of the Corporation would be served thereby,  but such removal shall be
without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed.

     SECTION  5.  Vacancies.  A  vacancy  in  any  office  because  of  death,
resignation, removal,  disqualification or otherwise,  and new offices  may be
filled by  the Board of Directors, at any meeting thereof  for  the  unexpired
portion of the term.

     SECTION  6.  President.  The  President  shall be the  principal  executive
officer of the Corporation  and shall, in general,  supervise and control all of
the business and affairs of the Corporation.  Unless  otherwise  provided by the
Board,  he shall  preside at all meetings of the  shareholders  and the Board of
Directors.  He may sign,  with the Secretary or any other proper  officer of the
Corporation  thereunto  authorized by the Board of Directors,  certificates  for
shares of the Corporation,  any deeds,  mortgages,  bonds,  contracts,  or other
instruments  which the Board of Directors has authorized to be executed,  except
in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by
the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other  officer or agent of the
Corporation, or shall be required by law to be otherwise signed or executed; and
in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of President and such
other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.





     SECTION 7. Vice President. In the absence of the President, or in the event
of his  inability  or refusal to act, the Vice  President,  or if there shall be
more than one,  the Vice  Presidents,  in the order  determined  by the Board of
Directors,  shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall
have all powers of and be subject to all  restrictions  upon the President.  Any
Vice  President  may  sign,  with  the  Secretary  or  an  Assistant  Secretary,
certificates for shares of the Corporation;  and shall perform such other duties
as from time to time may be assigned to him by the  President or by the Board of
Directors.

     SECTION 8. Secretary.  The Secretary  shall: (1) attend all meetings of the
Board of  Directors  and all  meetings  of the  shareholders  and record all the
proceedings of the meetings of the  Corporation and of the Board of Directors in
a book to be kept for  that  purpose  and  shall  perform  like  duties  for the
standing  committees  when required;  (2) see that all notices are duly given in
accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (3) keep a
register of the post office address of each shareholder which shall be furnished
to the Secretary by such holder;  (4) have general  charge of the stock transfer
books of the  Corporation;  (5)  perform  all duties  incident  to the office of
Secretary  and such other  duties as from time to time may be assigned to him by
the  President  or by the  Board  of  Directors;  and (6)  have  custody  of the
corporate  seal of the  Corporation  and have authority to affix the same to any
instrument  requiring  it  and  when  so  affixed,  it may  be  attested  by his
signature.  The  Board of  Directors  may give  general  authority  to any other
officer to affix the seal of the  Corporation  and to attest the affixing by his
signature.

     SECTION 9. Assistant Secretary.  The Assistant  Secretary,  or, if there be
more than one, the Assistant  Secretaries,  in the order determined by the Board
of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary,  perform the
duties and exercise  the powers of the  Secretary  and shall  perform such other
duties and have such  other  powers as the Board of  Directors  may from time to
time prescribe.

     SECTION 10. Treasurer.  The Treasurer shall: (1) have charge and custody of
and be responsible for all funds and securities of the Corporation;  (2) receive
and give receipts for monies due and payable to the Corporation  from any source
whatsoever, and deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to
the  credit  of  the  Corporation  in  such  banks,  trust  companies  or  other
depositories as shall be designated by the Board of Directors;  (3) disburse the
funds of the  Corporation  as may be ordered by the Board of  Directors,  taking
proper vouchers for such  disbursements;  (4) keep full and accurate accounts of
receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation;  (5) render to
the President and the Board of Directors,  at its regular meetings,  or when the
Board of Directors so requires,  an account of all his transactions as Treasurer
and of the  financial  condition  of the  Corporation;  and (6)  perform all the
duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as from time to
time may be assigned to him by the  President or by the Board of  Directors.  If
required by the Board of Directors, give a bond in such sum and with such surety
or sureties as the Board of Directors may determine for the faithful performance
of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the Corporation,  in case
of his death,  resignation,  retirement  or removal from  office,  of all books,
papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or
under his control belonging to the Corporation.






     SECTION 11. Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall
be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers, in the order determined by the Board
of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer,  perform the
duties and exercise  the powers of the  Treasurer  and shall  perform such other
duties and have such  other  powers as the Board of  Directors  may from time to
time prescribe.

     SECTION 12. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time
to time by the  Board  of  Directors  and no  officer  shall be  prevented  from
receiving  such  salary by reason of the fact that he is also a director  of the
Corporation.

                                      ARTICLE V.

                              CONTRACTS, LOANS AND CHECKS

     SECTION 1.  Contracts.  The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or
officers, agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any
instrument in the name of and on behalf of the  Corporation,  and such authority
may be general or confined to specific instances.

     SECTION  2.  Loans.  No  loans  shall  be  contracted  on  behalf  of  the
Corporation and  no evidences of  indebtedness  shall  be issued  in  its  name
unless  authorized  by a resolution  of the Board of  Directors. Such  authority
may be general or confined to specific instances.

     SECTION 3.  Checks,  Drafts,  Etc.  All checks,  drafts or other orders for
payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of
the Corporation,  shall be signed by such officer or officers,  agent or agents,
of the  Corporation  and in such manner as shall from time to time be determined
by resolution of the Board of Directors.

                                      ARTICLE VI.

                                    INDEMNIFICATION

     SECTION 1. Claims in General.  The  Corporation  shall indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is  threatened  to be made a party  to any  threatened,
pending or  completed  action,  suit or  proceeding,  whether  civil,  criminal,
administrative or investigative  (other than an action by or in the right of the
Corporation)  by  reason  of the  fact  that he is or was a  director,  officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation,  partnership,  joint venture,  trust or other  enterprise,  against
expenses  (including  attorney's  fees),  judgments,  fines and amounts  paid in
settlement  actually  and  reasonably  incurred by him in  connection  with such
action,  suit or  proceeding  if he  acted  in good  faith  and in a  manner  he
reasonably  believed  to be in or not  opposed  to  the  best  interests  of the
Corporation  and,  with respect to any criminal  action or  proceedings,  had no
reasonable  cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.  The  termination of
any action, suit or proceeding by judgment,  order, settlement,  conviction,  or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption  that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner  which he
reasonably  believed  to be in or not  opposed  to  the  best  interests  of the
Corporation,  and,  with  respect  to any  criminal  action or  proceeding,  had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.






     SECTION 2. Claim by Corporation. The Corporation shall indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is  threatened  to be made a party  to any  threatened,
pending or  completed  action or suit by or in the right of the  Corporation  to
procure  a  judgment  in its  favor by  reason  of the fact  that he is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at
the  request of the  Corporation  as a director,  officer,  employee or agent of
another  Corporation,  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust or other  enterprise
against expense (including  attorney's fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
him in  connection  with the defense or  settlement of such action or suit if he
acted in good  faith  and in a manner  he  reasonably  believed  to be in or not
opposed  to  the  best  interests  of  the   Corporation   and  except  that  no
indemnification  shall be made in respect  of any  claim,  issue or matter as to
which such  person  shall have been  adjudged  to be liable  for  negligence  or
misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Corporation  unless and only to
the  extent  that the  court in which  such  action  or suit was  brought  shall
determine upon application  that,  despite that adjudication of liability but in
view of all the  circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expense which such court shall deem proper.

     SECTION 3. Expense Indemnification. Notwithstanding the other provisions of
this Article, to the extent that a director,  officer,  employee,  or agent of a
Corporation  has been  successful  on the merits or  otherwise in defense of any
action,  suit or proceeding referred to in Section 1 or 2 of this Article, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein,  he shall be indemnified  against
expenses (including  attorney's fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection therewith).

     SECTION 4.  Authorization of  Indemnification.  Any  indemnification  under
Sections 1 and 2 (unless ordered by court) shall be made by the Corporation only
as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that the indemnification
of the  director,  officer,  employee  or agent is proper  in the  circumstances
because he has met the  applicable  standard  of conduct set forth in Sections 1
and 2.  Such  determination  shall be made (1) by the  Board of  Directors  by a
majority  vote of a quorum  consisting of directors who were not parties to such
action, suit, or proceeding,  or (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or even
if obtainable,  a quorum of disinterested  directors so directs,  by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the shareholders.

     SECTION 5. Advancement of Expense.  Expenses  incurred in defending a civil
or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the Corporation in advance
of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized in the
manner  provided in Section 4 of this Article upon receipt of an  undertaking by
or on behalf of the  director,  officer,  employee or agent to repay such amount
unless it shall  ultimately be determined  that he is entitled to be indemnified
by the Corporation as authorized in this Article.

     SECTION 6. Other Rights. The indemnification provided by this Article shall
not  be  deemed   exclusive  of  any  other   rights  to  which  those   seeking
indemnification may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders
or  disinterested  directors  or  otherwise,  both as to action in his  official
capacity and as to action in another  capacity  while  holding such office,  and
shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
or  agent  and  shall  inure  to  the  benefit  of  the  heirs,  executors,  and
administrators of such a person.






     SECTION 7. Insurance. Upon resolution passed by the Board of Directors, the
Corporation  may purchase and maintain  insurance on behalf of any person who is
or was a director,  officer,  employee or agent of the  Corporation or is or was
serving at the request of the  Corporation as a director,  officer,  employee or
agent  of  another  Corporation,  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust  or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any
such  capacity,  or  arising  out of his  status  as  such,  whether  or not the
Corporation  would have the power to indemnify him against such liability  under
the provisions of this Article.

                                     ARTICLE VII.

                      CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND THEIR TRANSFER

     SECTION  1.  Certificates  for  Shares.  Every  holder  of  shares  in  the
Corporation  shall be  entitled  to have a  certificate  in such  form as may be
determined by the Board of Directors.  Such certificates  shall be signed by the
President or Vice  President  and by the  Secretary or Assistant  Secretary  and
shall be sealed with the seal of the  Corporation  or a facsimile  thereof.  The
signatures  of the  President or Vice  President  and the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary or other persons signing for the Corporation upon a certificate may be
facsimiles.  If  the  certificate  is  countersigned  by  a  transfer  agent  or
registered  by a  registrar,  the  signatures  of the  person  signing  for such
transfer agent or registrar also may be facsimiles. In case any officer or other
authorized  person who has signed or whose  facsimile  signature  has been place
upon such certificate for the Corporation,  shall have ceased to be such officer
or employee or agent before such certificate is issued,  it may be issued by the
Corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer or employee or agent
at the date of its issue.  All  certificates  for shares shall be  consecutively
numbered  or  otherwise  identified.  The name of the  person to whom the shares
represented  thereby  are  issued,  with the number of shares and date of issue,
shall be entered on the books of the Corporation.  All certificates  surrendered
to the Corporation  for transfer shall be canceled and no new certificate  shall
be issued  until the former  certificate  for a like number of shares shall have
been  surrendered  and  canceled,  except that in case of a lost,  destroyed  or
mutilated  certificate  a new one may be issued  therefor  upon  such  terms and
indemnity to the Corporation as the Board of Directors may prescribe.

     SECTION 2. Transfer of Shares. Transfers of shares of the Corporation shall
be made only on the books of the  Corporation by the holder of record thereof or
by his legal  representative,  who shall furnish proper evidence of authority to
transfer,  or by his attorney  thereunto  authorized  by power of attorney  duly
executed and filed with the Secretary of the  Corporation,  and on surrender for
cancellation of the certificate for such shares. The person in whose name shares
stand on the books of the Corporation  shall be deemed the owner thereof for all
purposes as regards the Corporation.

     SECTION 3. Registered  Shareholder.  The  Corporation  shall be entitled to
recognize the exclusive  right of a person  registered on its books as the owner
of shares to  receive  dividends,  and to vote as such  owner,  and shall not be
bound to recognize  any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such shares
on the part of any other  person,  whether or not it shall have express or other
notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by law.






                                     ARTICLE VIII.

                                      FISCAL YEAR

     SECTION 1. Fiscal  Year.  This Corporation  shall  operate on a fiscal year
basis beginning September 1 of each year and ending August 31 of the following
year.

                                      ARTICLE IX.

                                       DIVIDENDS

     SECTION  1.  Dividends.  The Board of  Directors,  from  time to time,  may
declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on its outstanding shares in the
manner and upon the terms and  conditions  provided  by law and its  Articles of
Incorporation.


                                      ARTICLE X.

                                   WAIVER OF NOTICE

     SECTION 1.  Waiver of Notice.  Whenever  any notice is required to be given
under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of  Incorporation  or of
these  Bylaws,  a waiver  thereof  in  writing,  signed by the person or persons
entitled to said notice,  whether before or after the time stated therein, shall
be deemed equivalent thereto.

                                      ARTICLE XI.

                                      AMENDMENTS

     SECTION 1. Amendments.  Except where otherwise  specifically  noted,  these
Bylaws may be altered,  amended or repealed and new Bylaws may be adopted at any
meeting of the Board of Directors of the  Corporation  by a majority vote of the
directors present at the meeting.



                                 EXHIBIT 10

                  CONSULTING AGREEMENT WITH A DIRECTOR


Dr. Ray Goldberg has a three year consulting agreement with the Company
beginning in July, 1995. Dr. Goldberg is paid $25,000 a year under this
arrangement. He is a director of the Company.






                                  EXHIBIT 11

                      PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                       COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE
                    (In thousands, except per share amounts)



                                          Years Ended August 31,
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                               1995      1994      1993      1992      1991
                                                        

Number of shares of common
 stock outstanding at
 beginning of the period      86,215    89,442    90,274    90,829    92,772

Weighted average number of
 shares of common stock
 issued during the period        128        90       148        52       111

Weighted average number of
 shares of common stock
 purchased for the treasury
 during the period            (1,832)     (884)     (308)      (92)   (1,992)
                             -------   -------   -------   -------   -------

Weighted average number of
 shares of common stock
 outstanding during the
 period                       84,511    88,648    90,114    90,789    90,891
                             -------   -------    ------    ------    ------

Income before cumulative
 effect of changes in
 accounting principles      $182,590  $212,664  $137,453  $152,160  $104,177
                             -------   -------   -------   -------   -------

Income before cumulative
 effect of changes in
 accounting principles
 per common share           $   2.16  $   2.40  $   1.53  $   1.68  $   1.15
                             -------   -------   -------   -------  --------

Net income                  $182,590  $212,664  $120,484  $152,160  $104,177
                             -------   -------   -------   -------   -------

Earnings per common share   $   2.16  $   2.40  $   1.34  $   1.68  $   1.15
                             -------   -------   -------   -------   -------



The common  stock  equivalents  have not  entered  into the  earnings  per share
computations because they would not have a dilutive effect.







                                      EXHIBIT 13


                                THE COMPANY'S BUSINESS


Pioneer Hi-Bred's  business is the broad application of the science of genetics.
Pioneer was  founded in 1926 to apply newly  discovered  genetic  techniques  to
hybridize corn.  Today, the Company develops,  produces,  and markets hybrids of
corn, sorghum,  sunflower,  and vegetables,  and varieties of soybean,  alfalfa,
wheat, and canola.

Hybrids,  crosses of two or more unrelated  inbred lines, can be reproduced only
by crossing the original  parent  lines.  Thus, a grower must  purchase new seed
each year to obtain the original hybrid.

Varietal  crops,  such as soybeans and wheat,  will  reproduce  themselves  with
little or no genetic  variation.  Growers can save grain from the previous  crop
for  planting.  Growers are becoming  increasingly  aware of the  advantages  of
purchasing "new" seed every year,  although in times of cash-flow  crisis,  they
may tend to forgo those advantages.

Pioneer maintains the ownership of and controls the use of inbreds and varieties
through patents and the Plant Variety  Protection Act. Within the United States,
this  essentially  prohibits  other  parties  from  selling seed made from those
inbreds and  varieties  until such  protection  expires,  usually well after the
useful life of the seed.  Outside of the United States,  the level of protection
afforded varies from country to country according to local law and international
agreement.  The Company  believes  it is vital that  products  developed  by its
research  programs remain  proprietary.  They must remain so in order to provide
the  economic  return  necessary  to  support  continued  research  and  product
development and to generate an adequate return to the Company's shareholders.

Pioneer   also   applies  the  science  of  genetics  to  the   development   of
microorganisms  useful  in  crop  and  livestock  production.  The  Company  has
established  a  business  group to aid in the  development  and sales of Pioneer
products with improved  characteristics  for end-use  markets.  A business group
also has been established to develop and market a range of products and services
designed to enhance the value of its core products.

The  Company's  principal  products  are hybrid seed corn and soybean seed which
have accounted for approximately 89 percent of total net sales and substantially
100 percent of operating  profits over the last five years.  These  products are
expected  to  continue  to play a  dominant  role in the  Company's  results  of
operations for the foreseeable future.

The Company also develops and produces  various other products which provide the
sales  organization  with a full line of products.  The  contribution  margin on
sales of these  products  covers  fixed costs which would not  disappear  if the
product lines were eliminated.

Approximately  68 percent of total 1995 sales were made within the United States
and Canada (the North America region) and 24 percent in Europe.  Our goal within
developing  nations is to aid the  development  of the existing seed markets and
establish businesses that can grow and prosper.






Two  significant  factors that determine the volume of seed sold and the related
profit are government policies and weather.  Government  policies affect,  among
other things, crop acreage and performance, the Company's seed field yields, and
planting  decisions  hybrid seed are more heavily  dependent on commodity prices
and the  competition  from  farmer-saved  seed.  As a result,  the  margins  are
narrower and contributions are subject to year-to-year fluctuations.

In North  America,  the majority of  Pioneer(R)  brand seed is marketed  through
independent  sales  representatives,  most of whom  are also  farmers.  In areas
outside of the traditional  Corn Belt, seed products are often marketed  through
dealers and distributors who handle other agricultural supplies.

Pioneer  products  are  marketed  outside  North  America  through a network  of
subsidiaries, joint ventures, and independent producer-distributors.

The hybrid  seed  industry is  characterized  by intense  competition.  In 1995,
Pioneer seed corn held an estimated market share of 45 percent in North America.
The next six competitors held an estimated combined market share of 25.5 percent
with the closest competitor holding  approximately ten percent. The remainder of
the market is divided  among more than 300  companies  selling  regionally.  The
Company's 1995 purchased soybean seed market share is estimated at 17.5 percent,
placing it above the closest competitor's estimated ten percent market share.

Pioneer is the leading brand of hybrid seed corn in many European countries.  In
France, the largest Western European market for seed corn, Pioneer holds about a
22 percent market share. In Germany,  Hungary,  Italy, and Austria,  Pioneer has
market  shares of  approximately  12, 35, 61, and 48 percent,  respectively.  In
addition,  Pioneer has seed corn market  shares of  approximately  40 percent in
Mexico and 11 percent in Brazil.

Competition  in the seed  industry  is based  primarily  on  price  and  product
performance.  The Company's  objective is to produce products which consistently
out-perform the competition and so command a premium price. The Company has been
successful  competing on that basis and expects to continue to do so through its
on-going investment in research and product  development.  The future success of
the  Company  depends  heavily  on the  results  of these  research  activities.
Continued  improvement in the performance of the Company's products is necessary
to maintain profit margins and market share.

The  Company's  research  and product  development  activities  are  directed at
products with significant market  potentials.  Pioneer believes it possesses the
largest single  proprietary pool of germplasm in the world from which to develop
new hybrid and  varietal  seed  products.  The  majority of the  Company's  seed
research is done through classical plant breeding  techniques.  However, the use
of  biotechnology  is expected to have a significant  impact on future  results,
both for Pioneer and the seed industry at large.

In the production of its commercial  seed,  the Company  generally  provides the
parent seed stock,  detasseling and roguing labor,  and certain other production
inputs.  The  balance  of the labor,  equipment,  and  inputs  are  supplied  by
independent  growers.  The Company believes the availability of growers,  parent
stock, and other inputs necessary to produce its commercial seed is adequate for
planned production levels.






Pioneer(R) brand microbial  products include  inoculants for high-moisture  corn
silage, hay, and other forages, and direct-fed microbial products for livestock.
This  product  line is focused  on the  research  and  development  of  products
containing  naturally-occurring  microorganisms.  Microbial-based  products  are
expected to  continue to have an  important  role in the  Company's  business as
their use in agriculture expands.

The Nutrition and Industry  Markets (NIM) group is the worldwide focal point for
addressing opportunities driven by the "end-use" markets. The primary mission of
NIM is to ensure that Pioneer dominates seed sales growth in this end-use market
segment.

At August 31, 1995, the Company employed approximately 4,900 people worldwide.

Because the seed business is highly seasonal, the Company's interim results will
not necessarily  indicate the results for the full year.  Substantially all seed
sales are made from late second  quarter  through  the end of the third  quarter
(February 1 through May 31) of the fiscal year. Typically,  the Company operates
at a loss during the first and fourth quarters.  Varying climatic conditions can
change the  earnings  pattern  between  quarters.  These  conditions  affect the
delivery of seed and can cause a shift in sales between quarters.





                                          EXHIBIT 13


Consolidated Net Sales and Operating Income (Loss) by Product



    Years Ended August 31,   1995      %     1994      %     1993      %     1992      %      1991     %
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                       

(In millions, except per share amounts)
 NET SALES:
  Corn....................      $1,227   80.0    $1,185  80.1    $1,077    80.2  $1,013    80.3   $  901   80.1
  Soybeans................         145    9.5       128   8.7       116     8.6     109     8.6      105    9.3
  Other...................         160   10.5       166  11.2       150    11.2     140    11.1      119   10.6
Total Net Sales...........      $1,532  100.0    $1,479 100.0    $1,343   100.0  $1,262   100.0   $1,125  100.0

OPERATING INCOME (LOSS):
  Corn....................      $  359   29.3    $  383  32.3    $  354    32.9  $  317    31.3   $  258   28.6
  Soybeans................           9    6.2         7   5.5         7     6.0       8     7.3        1    1.0
  Other...................         (15) (10.0)      (21)(12.6)      (24)  (16.0)    (30)  (21.4)     (21) (17.6)
  Restructuring and Settlements      -      -        45   3.0       (53)   (3.9)      -       -        -      -
Product Line Operating Income   $   35   23.0     $ 414  28.0    $  284    21.1  $  295    23.3      238   21.2
Indirect General and
  Administrative Expense..         (73)  (4.7)      (68) (4.6)      (59)   (4.4)    (52)   (4.1)     (50)  (4.4)
Operating Income..........      $  280   18.3     $ 346  23.4    $  225    16.7  $  243    19.2   $  188   16.8
Financial Income (Expense)          11    0.7         3  0.2         (6)   (0.4)     (3)   (0.2)     (19)  (1.7)
Income Before Items Shown Below $  291   19.0     $ 349  23.6    $  219    16.3  $  240    19.0   $  169   15.1
Income Taxes..............        (106)  (6.9)     (134) (9.1)      (86)   (6.4)    (87)   (6.9)     (64)  (5.7)
Minority Interest and Other         (2)  (0.1)       (2  (0.1)        4     0.3      (1)      -       (1)  (0.1)
Income Before Cumulative Effect
  of Accounting Change....      $  183   12.0     $ 213  14.4    $  137    10.2  $  152    12.1   $  104    9.3
Cumulative Effect of Accounting
  Change, Net.............           -      -         -     -       (17)   (1.2)      -       -        -      -
NET INCOME................      $  183   12.0     $ 213  14.4    $  120     9.0  $  152    12.1   $  104    9.3

Income Per Common Share:
  Income Before Cumulative Effect
    of Accounting Change..      $ 2.16            $2.40          $ 1.53          $ 1.68           $ 1.15
  Cumulative Effect of
    Accounting Change, Net           -                -            (.19)             -                 -
  Net Income..............      $ 2.16            $2.40          $ 1.34          $ 1.68           $ 1.15

Average Shares Outstanding          85               89              90              91               91









RESEARCH AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

At August 31,  1995,  the Company  employed a total of 987 people  directly  and
indirectly engaged in research and product development activities. Of these, 347
scientists  performed  research  in the  agricultural  seed  area  and  eight in
microbial cultures. Of the 347 people performing research in agricultural seeds,
76 are employed  outside of North America and 125 are  scientists  whose efforts
are focused on biotechnology research. Total research expenditures for 1995 were
$130 million.  During the three fiscal years ended August 31, 1995,  the Company
expended the following amounts on research and product development:


               Years Ended August 31,   1995          1994          1993
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    (In millions)
    Seed corn                       $     87       $    75       $    70
    Soybean seed                          10             9             9
    Other products                        33            30            26
    Total                           $    130       $   114       $   105


Planned growth in field testing and winter  nursery costs and  additional  costs
related to technology  acquisitions  make up most of the increase over 1994. The
investment in research has increased yearly since 1973, supporting the Company's
commitment to improving products through research and product development.






                                      EXHIBIT 13


                                      PROPERTIES


Pioneer owns 23 commercial seed corn conditioning plants in North America. These
plants are located in Florida (1), Illinois (4), Indiana (4), Iowa (8), Michigan
(1), Nebraska (2), Texas (1), and Ontario, Canada (2).

Seed corn,  unlike  commercial corn, must be harvested and dried before freezing
temperatures  can limit  germination  potential.  Because of this,  seed  drying
capacity is a critical  factor.  The dryers at the North American  plants have a
total  capacity of two million  bushels  and,  depending on factors such as seed
moisture  content,  can be  filled  11 times  before  fall  weather  presents  a
significant freeze risk.

At normal  capacity,  the husking and sorting units at the North American plants
can handle 55,700 bushels of ear corn per hour. In total,  these plants have the
capacity to condition 14,400 units per hour. In a normal year, seed conditioning
is completed by early  February.  These plants have the  facilities to store ten
million  bushels  of bulk  seed and 15.8  million  units of  bagged  seed  corn,
including cold storage for 7.6 million units.

In North America,  conditioning  of other  commercial  Pioneer(R)  brand seed is
performed at a total of 17 plants,  six of which also  condition  corn.  Pioneer
also owns interests in 25 commercial  production  plants in 21 countries outside
North America. Parent seed is conditioned at nine locations in North America and
at  eight  locations  outside  North  America.  Four of  these  facilities  also
condition commercial Pioneer brand seed.

The Company's  plant  breeders  conduct  research at 55 stations in the U.S. and
Canada.  There are 31 stations  which  conduct  research  on corn,  six of those
conduct  research  on more than one crop.  There are 24 stations  which  conduct
research on other seeds. Two of these stations conduct research on more than one
crop. In addition to these research  efforts,  Pioneer conducts seed research at
55 locations throughout the rest of the world.

In addition  to the  research  stations,  approximately  261,000  square feet of
laboratory,  greenhouse,  and office space  located in  Johnston,  Iowa are also
devoted to plant breeding, biotechnology, and microbial product research.

Additional research and production facilities for microbial products are located
at Company-owned properties in Durant, Iowa and Buxtehude,  Germany. A livestock
nutrition center is located in Sheldahl, Iowa.

Pioneer  also owns 6,000 acres of  agricultural  land in the United  States used
primarily  for research  activities.  Of this,  1,000 acres located in Johnston,
Iowa are  under  commercial  and  residential  development.  As  properties  are
developed, they are either sold or retained as equity projects.






Company  properties,  substantially  all of which are  owned,  were  subject  to
aggregate  encumbrances  of $1 million on August 31, 1995. The Company  believes
that all properties,  including  machinery,  equipment,  and vehicles,  are well
maintained and suitable for their intended uses and are adequately insured.





                                      EXHIBIT 13

       MARKET FOR THE COMPANY'S COMMON STOCK AND RELATED SECURITY HOLDER MATTERS


On November 7, 1995,  the  Company's  stock began  trading on the New York Stock
Exchange.  Prior to that date,  the  Company's  stock was traded in the National
Association of Securities  Dealers National Market System.  The range of closing
prices for these  shares  for the past two  fiscal  years,  as  reported  by the
National Association of Securities Dealers, follows below:


                                   Fiscal   1995          Fiscal   1994
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                         

    Quarter:                      High       Low         High         Low
    First                       35 1/4      30           38          31 3/4
    Second                      38 3/4      32 3/4       39 3/4      35 1/4
    Third                       39 1/4      32 1/2       37 1/2      32 1/4
    Fourth                      45 1/2      38 3/4       35 3/4      29 3/4


On August  31,  1995,  there  were  approximately  3,800  accounts  representing
approximately  17,000  shareholders  of  the  Company's  83,486,829  outstanding
shares.


          Cash Dividends Per Share     1995                1994
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  
    Quarter:
    First                           $     .17           $     .14
    Second                          $     .17           $     .14
    Third                           $     .17           $     .14
    Fourth                          $     .20           $     .17


The stock of the Company became publicly traded in 1973 and quarterly  dividends
have been paid  continuously  since that time. It is anticipated  that dividends
will continue to be paid in the future.  The Company's  stock is included in the
Standard & Poors Composite Stock Price Index.





                                          EXHIBIT 13


SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Consolidated Ten-Year Financial History



         Years Ended August 31,  1995    1994   1993    1992   1991   1990    1989   1988      1987    1986
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions, except per share and statistical amounts) Summary Operations:
                                                                        

Net Sales                      $1,532  $1,479 $1,343  $1,262 $1,125 $  964   $ 867   $ 759   $  710   $  780
Gross Profit                   $  760  $  759 $  700  $  640 $  549 $  442   $ 391   $ 389   $  349   $  392
Restructuring and Settlements  $    -  $   45 $  (54) $    - $    - $    -   $   -   $   -   $    -   $    -
Income From Continuing
  Operations                   $  183  $  213 $  137  $  152 $  104 $   73   $  82   $  84   $   64   $   80
Net Income                     $  183  $  213 $  120  $  152 $  104 $   73   $  98   $  65   $   54   $   74

Per Common Share Data:
Income From Continuing
  Operations                   $ 2.16  $ 2.40 $ 1.53  $1.68  $ 1.15 $ 0.78   $ 0.86  $0.88   $ 0.67  $  0.84
Net Income                     $ 2.16  $ 2.40 $ 1.34  $1.68  $ 1.15 $ 0.78   $ 1.03  $0.68   $ 0.56  $  0.77
Growth in Earnings Per Share*  (14.1)%  55.5%  (9.9)% 46.2%   42.5% (11.0)%   (2.4)% 31.3%   (20.0)%  (19.0)%
Dividends Declared             $ 0.71  $ 0.59 $ 0.50  $0.40  $ 0.39 $ 0.39   $ 0.36  $0.35$    0.26    $0.35
Shareholders' Equity           $10.94  $10.22 $ 9.23  $8.86  $ 7.51 $ 7.00   $ 6.62  $6.04$    5.70  $  5.33

Balance Sheet Summary:
Current Assets                 $  770  $  742 $  717  $  703 $  606 $  538  $  474   $ 450   $ 465   $   467
Net Property & Other Assets       523     511    504     513    480    468     440     414     401       383
Total Assets                   $1,293  $1,253 $1,221  $1,216 $1,086 $1,006  $  914   $ 864   $ 866   $   850

Current Liabilities            $  280  $  232 $  261  $  286  $ 295  $ 294  $  221   $ 209   $ 228   $   259
Long-Term Debt                     18      66     68      74     67     19      17      28      33        31
Other Long-Term Liabilities        82      74     67      57     43     44      49      50      59        49
Total Liabilities              $  380  $  372 $  396  $  417  $ 405  $ 357  $  287     287   $ 320   $   339

Shareholders' Equity           $  913  $  881 $  825  $  799  $ 681  $ 649  $  627   $  577  $ 546   $   511

Dividends Declared             $   60  $   52 $   45  $   36  $  35  $  36  $   34   $   33  $  25   $    33
Average Shares Outstanding         85      89     90      91     91     93      95       96     96        96

Other Statistics:
Return on Ending Equity*        20.0%   24.1%  16.7%   19.0%  15.3%  11.2%   13.1%    14.6%  11.7%     15.7%
Return on Net Sales*            11.9%   14.4%  10.2%   12.1%   9.3%   7.5%    9.4%    11.1%   9.0%     10.3%
Return on Ending Assets*        14.2%   17.0%  11.2%   12.5%   9.6%   7.2%    9.0%     9.8%   7.4%      9.5%
Gross Profit on Net Sales       49.6%   51.3%  52.1%   50.7%  48.8%  45.8%   45.1%    51.2%  49.2%     50.2%
Dividends Declared as a %
  of Net Income                 32.8%   24.6%  37.4%   23.9%  33.8%  49.7%   34.7%    50.9%  46.2%     45.0%
Stock Price at August 31,      $43.00 $ 31.25 $32.75  $26.50 $17.42 $13.25  $14.00   $11.75 $11.92    $11.83
Market Capitalization at
   August 31, (in millions)    $3,590  $2,694 $2,929  $2,392 $1,579 $1,229  $1,326   $1,122 $1,142    $1,133
Number of Employees             4,924   4,847  4,807   5,016  4,829  4,601   4,026    4,805  5,235     5,112
<FN>

*Based on income from continuing operations
</FN>








                                      EXHIBIT 13


Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
 Operations


Sales by Region - 1995
(millions)

                 Corn    Soybeans   Other     Total

North America  $  808    $  141    $   90    $1,039
Europe         $  304    $    3    $   55    $  362
Other Regions  $  114    $    0    $   17    $  131


Fiscal 1995 Available Domestic Lines of Credit
(millions)

               1st Qtr   2nd Qtr   3rd Qtr   4th Qtr

Revolving      $  100    $  100    $   50    $  250
Seasonal           24        48         -         -
                -----     -----     -----     -----
Total          $  124    $  148    $   50    $  250
                =====     =====     =====     =====


Fiscal 1996 Available Domestic Lines of Credit
(millions)

               1st Qtr   2nd Qtr   3rd Qtr   4th Qtr

Revolving      $  200    $  200    $  200    $  200
Seasonal          100       100         -         -
                -----     -----     -----     -----
Total          $  300    $  300    $  200    $  200
                =====     =====     =====     =====


Net Income
(millions)

                 1990    1991    1992    1993    1995
                 ----    ----    ----    ----    ----

               $  104  $  152  $  120  $  213  $  183


Annual Dividends
(millions)

                 1990    1991    1992    1993    1995
                 ----    ----    ----    ----    ----

               $   35  $   36  $   45  $   52  $   60


Research and Product Development Expenditures
(millions)

                 1990    1991    1992    1993    1995
                 ----    ----    ----    ----    ----

               $   79  $   92  $  105  $  114  $  130






RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Year Ended August 31, 1995, Compared to the Year Ended August 31, 1994

Despite significant challenges,  the Company achieved solid financial results in
1995. ROE was at the Company's targeted level of 20 percent.  After-tax earnings
were $183 million on sales of $1.532 billion,  compared to 1994 earnings of $213
million on sales of $1.479  billion.  On a per-share  basis,  1995 earnings were
$2.16, compared to $2.40 in 1994.

Earnings  in 1994  were  positively  affected  by the  settlement  of a  lawsuit
involving Holden Foundation Seeds, Inc. The net effect of this and other unusual
events was to increase  pre-tax  earnings $45  million,  or $.29 per share after
tax. Without the net benefit of these items, 1994 earnings per share were $2.11.
On an apples-to-apples basis, 1995 per share results reflect record performance.

Sales and  operating  income  levels for 1995 reflect an  estimated  9.5 percent
decrease in market size for seed corn in North America from 1994 levels.  Within
North  America,  unit sales  decreased  approximately  eight  percent,  a direct
relationship to fewer acres planted.  The acreage reduction was the result of an
increase in the United  States farm  program  set-aside  requirement,  poor corn
planting conditions,  and record cotton prices. However, higher seed corn yields
from the 1994 crop and excellent winter  production  activities in Argentina and
Chile improved  variable costs. The lower cost per unit,  combined with a higher
average  per unit sales  price,  partially  offset the impact of fewer seed corn
unit sales. Increased soybean sales over a year ago also positively impacted the
current year.

In Europe,  the  weakening of the U.S.  dollar  compared to European  currencies
improved operating income $11 million over 1994 levels. However, lower operating
results in several  countries  offset  some of this  improvement.  In  addition,
European  financial results showed both higher sales and higher expenses because
the Company  took sole  ownership of the entity in France that  distributes  and
markets Pioneer(R) brand products there.

In Mexico, a reduction in corn subsidies and tighter water restrictions  reduced
corn acreage  resulting in reduced corn unit sales of  approximately 25 percent.
Lower sales,  in  conjunction  with a devaluation  of the Mexican peso,  reduced
operating  income in Mexico 68 percent  from that  reported  in 1994.  Operating
income in Asia improved over 1994 due to increased unit sales.

Financial results in 1995 were positively  impacted by a two percent decrease in
the  Company's  worldwide  effective  tax rate.  In  addition,  1995's per share
earnings  reflect a lower number of shares  outstanding due to the repurchase of
Pioneer stock.

Management is optimistic  about 1996. North American corn acreage is expected to
rebound  significantly.  Reduced U.S.  production  and strong demand has reduced
carryover  corn  stocks to the  lowest  levels  in  decades.  As a  result,  the
government program set-aside requirement is expected to be reduced,  potentially
to zero.  That is expected to positively  impact 1996 seed corn unit sales.  The
Company expects North American per unit seed corn margins to be level with 1995.
The average  sales price is expected to increase  due to a higher  priced  sales
mix. However, this gain is expected to be offset by higher cost of sales.






While results in regions  outside  North America are more  difficult to predict,
management believes that growth can be attained in those regions as well.

Hybrid Seed Corn



Corn Net Sales and Product Line Operating Income

                                    Increase                    Increase
                        1995       (Decrease)         1994     (Decrease)        1993
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(In millions) NET SALES
                                                         

North America          $  808      $(38)    (4.5)%  $  846     $109     14.8%  $   737
Europe                    305        84     38.0 %     221      (25)   (10.2)%     246
Other regions             114        (4)    (3.4)%     118       24     25.5%       94

Total net sales        $1,227      $ 42      3.5%   $1,185     $108     10.0 %  $1,077

OPERATING INCOME:
North America          $  256     $(21)    (7.6)%   $  277     $ 24      9.5%   $  253
Europe                     75        6      8.7%        69      (12)   (14.8)%      81
Other regions              28       (9)   (24.3)%       37       17     85.0%       20
Total operating income $  359     $(24)    (6.3)%   $  383     $ 29      8.2%   $  354

North America
Acres                    74.2     (7.8)    (9.5)%     82.0      5.8      7.6%     76.2
Unit sales
(80,000-kernel units)    10.9      (.9)    (7.6)%     11.8      1.4     13.6%     10.4



North America

The three primary  drivers  affecting  seed corn sales are planted corn acreage,
market  share,  and seed price.  Planted corn  acreage in North  America had the
biggest  impact on  current  year  operating  income.  Acreage  planted  to corn
decreased  approximately  9.5 percent from 1994. A major factor  contributing to
the acreage decrease was the U.S.  government  set-aside  program which required
farmers  participating in the 1995 feed grain program to keep their planted corn
acres at 92.5 percent or less of their  historical  corn acreage base, down from
100 percent in 1994.

In  addition,  high cotton  prices  caused  some  farmers in the South to switch
acreage to cotton while wet conditions in the Midwest forced affected farmers to
switch acreage from corn to other crops such as soybeans. Others were never able
to plant a crop. As a result, the Company sold approximately 910,000 fewer units
in 1995,  assuming  1994 market share levels and that an  80,000-kernel  unit of
seed corn plants 3.1 acres.  This had the effect of decreasing  operating income
$44 million from 1994 levels.

Seed  corn  pricing  was  also  a  major  factor  in  1995  financial   results,
contributing  $27 million to seed corn operating  income.  The average  per-unit
sales  price  increased  3.4 percent due to an increase in the list price of key
hybrids and a higher  priced sales mix. The higher  priced sales mix occurred as
customers  shifted their purchases to  higher-priced  better-performing  hybrids
which are more profitable to growers and to Pioneer.






Management  estimates  the  Company's  seed corn  market  share at 45 percent --
comparable to 1994. Maintaining market share was a challenge in a year when high
levels of seed inventory throughout the industry led to aggressive  competition.
The ability to hold market share can be attributed  to a  world-class  sales and
supply  management  group.  They were able to use the flexibility of our product
line-up to respond  to the  changing  needs of  customers,  providing  them with
appropriate  products  when and where  they were  needed as  growing  conditions
changed.

Higher  seed corn  yields  from the 1994 crop also  provided  positive  results,
reducing  1995's  average  per unit  cost of seed corn by $.80,  or $9  million.
Higher  operational fixed costs and provisions for inventory  reserves offset $7
million of the improvements gained in production costs. Provisions for inventory
reserves totaled $14 million in 1995 compared to $11 million in 1994.

Planned growth in winter nursery costs and expansion of  biotechnology  projects
were the main  factors in an $11  million,  or 18 percent,  increase in research
expenses for corn. This commitment to research  continues to provide the Company
with a steady line of new and improved products each year. For 1995, 18 new seed
corn  products  were  released.  These new  releases  will add to the  Company's
ability to provide higher yielding and more valuable products to customers.

Sales of hybrid  3394  totaled  2.3  million  units in 1995,  21  percent of the
Company's  total North American seed corn unit sales.  In 1994,  unit sales were
2.7 million, 23 percent of the North American total.

Fixed  selling and general and  administrative  expenses  for seed corn in North
America  decreased $4 million,  or five  percent,  from 1994  levels.  The major
component  of this  decrease was lower  performance  incentive  costs.  That was
partially offset by planned increases in advertising expenses.  Variable selling
costs (commissions and shipping costs) as a percentage of sales increased from a
year ago because of additional  expenses  incurred shipping product to customers
who switched seeds due to weather related planting delays.


Europe




European Corn Net Sales and Product Line Operating Income

                                    Increase                   Increase
                       1995        (Decrease)     1994        (Decrease)      1993
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions) NET SALES:
                                                        

Italy                 $  78     $  5     6.8%     $ 73     $ (8)   (9.9)%    $  81
France                  103       76   281.5%       27       (8)  (22.9)%       35
Germany                  29        2     7.4%       27       (2)   (6.9)%       29
Hungary                  14       (6)  (30.0)%      20        2    11.1%        18
Austria                  16       (1)   (5.9)%      17        -       -%        17
Spain                    15        3    25.0%       12        3    33.3%         9
Other                    50        5    11.1%       45      (12)  (21.1)%       57
Total net sales       $ 305     $ 84    38.0%     $221     $(25)  (10.2)%    $ 246

Total operating
  income              $  75     $  6     8.7%     $ 69     $(12)  (14.8)%    $  81









The Company's European region includes the countries in West and Central Europe,
plus CIS (the former USSR), Turkey, Morocco, Australia, and Japan. This combined
region showed a $6 million increase in operating income from a year earlier.

Approximately  $11 million of this change was the result of a weaker U.S. dollar
against  certain  European  currencies.  On a constant  dollar  basis,  European
operations  provided a slight  decrease  in  operating  income  from a year ago.
Operations  in  Italy  improved  from  1994  levels  to  contribute  substantial
improvement to the region. However, that was more than offset by lower operating
results in France, Hungary, and Germany.

Italian  operations  posted gains in operating  income  totaling $7 million over
1994 results.  Most of the  improvement was due to lower product costs and fewer
inventory  writedowns.  An increase in the average unit sales price, an increase
in market  size,  and  market  share  gain over  1994  also  contributed  to the
improvement.

In 1994,  the Company  acquired the remaining 60 percent  interest in the French
entity which handled  distribution  and marketing of Pioneer(R)  brand products.
Increased  sales and expenses were reported as the  subsidiary  was reflected in
the 1995  financials  on a  consolidated  basis  for the  first  time.  Overall,
consolidated  country  operating  income for France  decreased $6 million due to
fewer unit sales.

Operating  income in Hungary  decreased $3 million as unit sales  declined.  New
competitors  entered the market at  significantly  lower  prices,  reducing unit
sales and operating income. Higher inventory reserves also impacted current year
operations.

Lower sales volume and higher costs reduced  operating  income in Germany.  Unit
sales were lower than 1994 levels due to decreased  market  share.  Higher sales
commissions,  product costs,  and inventory  writedowns also contributed to a $3
million decrease in operating income for Germany from 1994.


Other Regions




Other Regions Corn Net Sales and Product Line Operating Income

                                    Increase                   Increase
                       1995        (Decrease)     1994        (Decrease)      1993
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions)
                                                       

NET SALES:
Mexico               $   22      $(19) (46.3)%    $ 41       $ 3    7.9%     $ 38
Brazil                   34        (2)  (5.6)%      36         9   33.3%       27
Argentina                21         8   61.5%       13         3   30.0%       10
Other                    37         9   32.1%       28         9   47.4%       19
Total net sales      $  114      $ (4)  (3.4)%    $118       $24   25.5%     $ 94

Total operating
 income              $   28      $ (9) (24.3)%    $ 37       $17   85.0%     $ 20








Mexico's operating income decreased $13 million,  or 68 percent,  to $6 million.
The  devaluation of the Mexican peso was the major factor  contributing to lower
operating results. Also, nearly 35 percent fewer acres were planted to seed corn
in Northeast and Northwest regions because of drought,  subsidy reductions,  and
NAFTA quotas. These factors reduced unit sales 25 percent.

Operating income in Brazil decreased $3 million as a result of fewer unit sales.
A change in government subsidized farm programs reduced the amount of reasonably
priced credit available to customers.  This lack of financing  directly affected
unit sales because many Brazilian customers rely on credit for seed purchases.

Argentina's  operating income increased $3 million from 1994 results.  Increased
unit  sales,  higher  average  sales  price,  and lower unit costs were the main
factors for this improvement.

Operations in Asia account for most of the  remaining  change from 1994 in other
regions seed corn operating  income.  Increased  market size and market share in
the  Philippines,   increased  market  size  in  Indonesia,   and  cost  savings
contributed to a $3 million operating income improvement in the region.


Soybean Seed




Soybean Net Sales and Product Line Operating Income (Loss)

                       1995         Increase      1994         Increase       1993
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions
                                                        

NET SALES:
North America         $ 141      $16    12.8%     $125       $12    10.6%    $ 113
Europe                    3        -       -%        3         -       -%        3
Other regions             1        1     100%        -         -       -%        -
Total net sales       $ 145      $17    13.3%     $ 128      $12    10.3%    $ 116

OPERATING INCOME (LOSS):
North America         $  11      $ 2    22.2%     $  9       $ -       -%    $   9
Europe                   (2)       -       -%       (2)        -       -%       (2)
Other regions             -        -       -%        -         -       -%        -

Total operating income$   9     $  2    28.6%     $  7       $ -       -%     $  7

North America
Acres                  64.6       .8     1.2%     63.8       2.0      3.2%    61.8
Unit sales (50 lb. bag)10.9      1.6    16.7%      9.3        .4      5.4%     8.9



Soybean seed represents the Company's second largest product in terms of revenue
and operating income. In 1995, North American operations accounted for virtually
all of the worldwide soybean seed operating income.






North  American unit sales  increased 16.7 percent from 1994, a result of market
share  gains  and  increased  acreage.  A  continued  recognition  of the  value
associated  with Pioneer(R)  brand soybeans  provided for market share gains, as
customers understood that planting Pioneer brand soybean seed, much like Pioneer
brand seed corn, provides them economic value.

North  American  soybean  acreage  increased as poor weather  conditions  forced
customers  who  planned  to plant  corn to switch to  soybeans.  Higher  overall
acreage and  increased  market  share  contributed  $6 million more to operating
income than in 1994.

The average sales price of soybean seed  decreased  approximately  three percent
from 1994 levels, the result of bulk sales and early payment discounts. However,
contribution  per unit  remained  the same  because of lower cost of sales,  the
result of lower commodity costs.

Increased  investments in research and additional  fixed selling and general and
administrative expenses reduced operating income $4 million from 1994.


Other Products




Other Products Net Sales, Contribution, and Operating (Loss)

                                    Increase                    Increase
                       1995        (Decrease)     1994         (Decrease)     1993
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions)
                                                        

NET SALES:
Alfalfa               $  32      $  -      -%     $ 32       $ 2     6.7%     $ 30
Sorghum                  26         3   13.0%       23        (2)   (8.0)%      25
Wheat                    18         -      -%       18         -       -%       18
Sunflower                19         3   18.8%       16         1     6.7%       15
Microbial products       27         3   12.5%       24         -       -%       24
Developing products      38       (15) (28.3)%      53        15    39.5%       38
Total net sales       $ 160      $ (6)  (3.6)%    $166       $16    10.7%     $150

CONTRIBUTION:
Alfalfa               $   7      $  2             $  5       $ 1              $  4
Sorghum                   7         1                6        (1)                7
Wheat                     4         2                2        (1)                3
Sunflower                 1         1                -        (1)                1
Microbial products        5         -                5         1                 4
Developing products     (13)        2              (15)       (1)              (14)
Total contribution    $  11      $  8             $  3       $(2)             $  5

Joint fixed costs       (26)       (2)             (24)        5               (29)

Total operating (loss)$ (15)     $  6             $(21)      $ 3              $(24)



Other products contribution for 1995 improved $8 million from results recorded a
year ago. The Company manages these products at the  contribution  level because
all fixed costs  allocated  to them could not be  eliminated  in the event these
products were discontinued.






    Although  in terms of  operating  income  these  products as a whole are not
profitable,  they provide a value beyond the financial bottom line. The presence
of these products in the Company's line-up provide the sales organization a full
line of seed products,  significantly  aiding the sale of higher margin products
like hybrid seed corn.  In addition,  the  Company's  investment in research for
these  products,  which  totaled  $33  million in 1995,  is  expected to provide
Pioneer future growth opportunities.

Corporate Items

Indirect  general and  administrative  expenses  increased $5 million in 1995, a
seven  percent  increase over 1994.  The major  components of this increase were
personnel costs and increased charitable contributions.

Net interest income for 1995 increased $2 million compared to a year ago because
of higher  interest  rates  earned on current  year  investments  and  decreased
interest  expense on lower  levels of  external  borrowing.  Net  exchange  gain
increased $6 million from 1994 levels.  The  strengthening  of certain  European
currencies against the U.S. dollar and translation gains in Mexico accounted for
a majority of the improvement.

A reduction in taxes on foreign  earnings  reduced the 1995  effective tax rat
to 36.5 percent compared to 38.5 percent in 1994.


Year Ended August 31, 1994, Compared to the Year Ended August 31, 1993

HYBRID SEED CORN

North America

Operations  in North America  (U.S.  and Canada)  accounted for most of the 1994
improvement in annual worldwide seed corn operating results.  All of the primary
factors  affecting  seed corn sales -- planted corn acreage,  market share,  and
seed price -- positively affected 1994 operating income.

Units  delivered  reached  record  levels in 1994.  The 14 percent  increase  in
delivered units in North America was the result of increased  acreage and market
share gains.

A change in the U.S.  farm program for 1994  spurred an 7.6 percent  increase in
acres planted to corn in North America.  The Company's  ability to capitalize on
this increase in acres provided additional operating income of approximately $35
million over prior year results, based on approximately 750,000 additional units
sold.

Market  share  gains  also  impacted  1994 unit  sales,  which  translated  into
approximately  550,000  additional  unit sales over 1993.  The Company  posted a
market  share  gain  of  two  percentage   points  in  1994  --  the  result  of
hard-working,  dedicated  sales  representatives,  and  employees  producing and
selling a high-quality  lineup of products and services.  The increase in market
share  accounted for  approximately  $26 million of seed corn  operating  income
improvement.





The average  sales price of  Pioneer(R)  brand seed corn  within  North  America
increased one percent over 1993. This  improvement was the result of an increase
in the  list  price  of the  Company's  top-performing  hybrids  and a shift  by
customers  to  higher-priced,  higher-performing  hybrids.  That  improved  1994
operating results $7 million.

Higher per-unit cost of sales reduced 1994 operating  income $17 million.  Below
average seed field yields,  resulting from poor weather in the spring and summer
of 1993,  and higher  commodity  costs  increased  the per-unit cost of the 1993
crop.  Lower  provisions for inventory  reserves  partially offset the impact of
higher seed costs.  Provisions for inventory  reserves decreased $8 million from
$19 million in 1993.

Research  expenses  for corn  increased $3 million,  or seven  percent from 1993
levels.  Planned growth in field testing and winter nursery costs and additional
costs related to technology acquisitions accounted for most of the increase.

Fixed  selling and general and  administrative  expenses  for seed corn in North
America  increased $13 million from 1993. The major  components of this increase
were higher  compensation  costs due to merit  increases  and  additional  sales
personnel to support the growth in the business,  along with additional employee
related costs and increased  marketing efforts.  Variable selling costs for seed
corn as a percentage of sales were comparable to 1993 levels.

Europe

European  operating  income in 1994  decreased  $12 million from a year earlier.
Operations  in the CIS (the former USSR)  represent  most of the  decrease  from
1993. CIS  operations in 1993 included  unusual sales of seed and the benefit of
collections on previously  written-off accounts  receivable.  Excluding the CIS,
operating income for the region was essentially unchanged from 1993 levels.

In Turkey,  a 25 percent  decline in market size combined  with price  decreases
reduced corn operating income by $2 million from prior year results.

Operating  income in Italy  decreased  $4 million from 1993  primarily  due to a
weaker lira and a smaller seed corn market.  The devaluation of the lira reduced
operating results $3 million.  An estimated five percent decrease in market size
contributed to the remaining $1 million decrease.

In France, operating income decreased approximately $3 million from 1993. Common
Agricultural  Policy  programs  and  a  decline  in  market  share  combined  to
significantly reduce 1994 sales.

Operating  income in Germany  decreased  approximately $2 million from the prior
year  principally  due to a decline  in sales  price.  Prices  were  reduced  in
response  to  lower-priced  seed being  sold into  Germany  from other  European
countries.

Hungary's  operating income improved  approximately $8 million from 1993 levels.
The improvement was largely  attributable to lower inventory  reserves and costs
incurred  in  1993  to  terminate  old  distribution  arrangements.  Unit  price
increases and market share gains also positively impacted 1994 results.





In 1994,  operations in Spain rebounded after several years of drought to post a
$4 million  improvement in operating income.  Better weather conditions directly
resulted in  increased  corn  acreage and higher  unit  sales.  Lower  inventory
reserves also contributed to the improvement in 1994 operating income.

Other Regions

Mexico's seed corn  operating  income was down  slightly  from 1993.  Unit sales
increased on reduced acreage.  However, higher provisions for inventory reserves
and increased selling costs offset the margins on these sales.

In South  America,  operating  income  increased  as a result of higher  selling
prices and market share gains in Brazil and  Argentina,  combined  with a market
share gain in Chile.  Operating income in Brazil rose  approximately $5 million,
operating income in Argentina  improved nearly $3 million,  and Chile operations
improved approximately $1 million. In addition, Chile and Argentina continued to
significantly  benefit the North American business through  off-season seed corn
production.  Off-season  production  supplied 796,000 corn units to the Northern
Hemisphere at a cost lower than  previous  years.  This  improved  margins while
supplying our customers with our products in the highest demand.

Soybean Seed

Operations  in North America  accounted  for all of the  worldwide  soybean seed
operating  income in 1994.  In North  America,  an increase in the average sales
price per unit  improved  operating  results $5  million.  Increased  unit sales
contributed another $1 million to operating results over 1993.  However,  higher
commodity  prices  increased  the cost of seed  produced in 1993  reducing  1994
operating  results $5 million.  Fixed  selling  and  general and  administrative
expenses for soybean seed in North America increased $1 million,  accounting for
most the remaining change in operating income from 1993.

Other Products

Other products sales continued to show improvement in 1994. While these products
generate positive contributions,  they did not cover all of the allocated costs.
However,  all these costs would not be  eliminated  in the event these  products
were discontinued.

Corporate Items

In 1994,  indirect general and  administrative  expenses grew $9 million,  or 15
percent from the previous year. Compensation,  information management costs, and
other employee related costs account for most of the increase.

Net  financial  income  totaled  $3 million in 1994  compared  to net  financial
expense of $6 million in 1993. Higher cash receipts on sales allowed the Company
to increase investment income and reduce interest expense.  Interest expense was
lowered by internal funding of international operations.





The  worldwide  effective  tax rate for 1994 was 38.5  percent  compared to 39.1
percent in 1993.  The  effective  rate in 1994  decreased  primarily  due to the
effect of taxes on foreign earnings.

Restructuring and Settlements

On July 13, 1994,  the U.S.  Circuit  Court of Appeals  affirmed a prior court's
decision  in the  Company's  lawsuit  against  Holden  Foundation  Seeds,  Inc.,
awarding  Pioneer  damages  for  lost  profits  from  the   misappropriation  of
germplasm. In August, the Company received the settlement plus interest totaling
$52 million.  The Company also incurred $7 million of  additional  restructuring
charges.  The charges  reflect $4 million of costs  incurred in 1994 to complete
the  divestment  of the  Egyptian  Edible Oil  business and $3 million for other
operations.  We believe all expenses related to these  restructurings  have been
incurred and remaining reserves are not material.

In 1993, the Company incurred $54 million in restructuring  charges from closing
and redefining most of its operations in Africa and the Middle East.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Due to the  seasonal  nature of the  agricultural  seed  business,  the  Company
generates most of its cash from operations  during the second and third quarters
of the  fiscal  year.  Cash  generated  during  this  time  is  used  to pay the
commercial paper and accounts payable which are the Company's primary sources of
credit during the first and fourth quarters of the fiscal year. Any excess funds
available are invested, primarily in short-term commercial paper.

Historically, the Company has financed growth through earnings. Cash provided by
operating activities was $140 million in 1995, compared to $331 million and $176
million in 1994 and 1993,  respectively.  Higher inventory levels and a decrease
in accounts  payable and  accruals  contributed  to the decrease in current year
cash  provided  by  operating  activities.  In  addition,  cash flow in 1994 was
favorably  impacted by the  settlement  and  collection of damages on the Holden
suit.  Collections  on  increased  sales were largely  responsible  for the high
levels of cash  provided by  operating  activities  for 1994.  Cash  provided by
operating  activities  is expected to increase in 1996 based on  increased  seed
sales and lower inventory levels.

Most of the Company's financing is done through the issuance of commercial paper
in the U.S.,  backed by  revolving  and seasonal  lines of credit.  In addition,
foreign  lines of credit  and direct  borrowing  agreements  are relied  upon to
support overseas  financing needs.  Short-term debt at August 31, 1995,  totaled
$58 million,  a $44 million  increase  from 1994 and $6 million lower than 1993.
The  collection  of damages on the Holden suit during August of 1994 allowed for
lower levels of borrowing at year end. In 1995,  short-term borrowings peaked at
$217  million  compared  to $164  million  and $255  million  in 1994 and  1993,
respectively.





In 1995, short-term domestic investments peaked at $257 million compared to $326
million and $212 million in 1994 and 1993, respectively.  Short-term investments
are made through a limited number of reputable  institutions after evaluation of
investment  procedures and credit quality.  Pioneer invests in only high-quality
short-term  securities,  primarily commercial paper.  Individual securities must
meet credit  quality  standards,  and the  portfolios  are  monitored  to ensure
diversification among issuers.

The  Company  believes  the  domestic  lines  of  credit  available  in 1996 are
sufficient  to meet  domestic  borrowing  needs.  The  revolving  line of credit
agreements expire August, 2000. The Company also has a seasonal revolving credit
facility to meet peak borrowing needs which expires August, 1996.

The Company also has a $100 million  private  medium-term  note program of which
$50 million was available at August 31, 1995.  The  medium-term  note matures in
February, 1996 and is expected to result in increased levels of short-term debt.
At year end,  cash and cash  equivalents  totaled  $84  million,  down from $135
million at August 31, 1994.  It is the  Company's  policy to  repatriate  excess
funds not required for operating capital or to fund asset purchases.

Capital expenditures,  including business and technology acquisitions,  were $86
million in 1995  compared  to $79 million in 1994 and $107  million in 1993.  In
1993,  total  expenditures  were higher  principally due to expanded  production
capacity,  additional research facilities, and technology acquisitions.  Capital
expenditures for 1996 are expected to be approximately $120 million, and will be
funded  through   earnings.   In  addition,   the  Company   expects  to  invest
approximately $51 million in 1996 as part of a proposed  research  collaboration
with Mycogen Corporation.

Dividends paid in July of 1995  increased to $.20 per share,  up 18 percent from
the $.17 per  share  dividend  paid the  prior  three  quarters.  The  Company's
dividend policy is to annually pay out 40 percent of a four-year rolling average
of earnings.

During 1995, 2.8 million shares of the Company's stock were repurchased  under a
Board authorized  repurchase plan at a total cost of $100 million. At August 31,
1995,  authorized  shares  remaining  to be  purchased  under  the plan  totaled
700,000. On September 12, 1995, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase
of an additional three million shares of the Company's stock.

Effects of Inflation

Inflation typically is not a major factor in the Company's operations.  The cost
of seed products is largely influenced by seed field yields and commodity prices
which are not impacted by  inflation.  Costs  normally  impacted by inflation --
wages,  transportation,  and energy -- are a relatively  small part of the total
operations.





                                      EXHIBIT 13

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT

To the Shareholders
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Des Moines, Iowa

We have audited the accompanying  consolidated balance sheets of Pioneer Hi-Bred
International,  Inc. and  subsidiaries  as of August 31, 1995 and 1994,  and the
related consolidated statements of income,  shareholders' equity, and cash flows
for each of the years in the  three-year  period ended  August 31,  1995.  These
consolidated  financial  statements  are  the  responsibility  of the  Company's
management.  Our  responsibility is to express an opinion on these  consolidated
financial statements based on our audits.

We  conducted  our  audits  in  accordance  with  generally   accepted  auditing
standards.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement.  An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  An audit also includes
assessing the  accounting  principles  used and  significant  estimates  made by
management,  as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated  financial statements referred to above present
fairly,  in all material  respects,  the financial  position of Pioneer  Hi-Bred
International,  Inc. and  subsidiaries  as of August 31, 1995 and 1994,  and the
results  of their  operations  and their cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year  period ended August 31, 1995, in conformity with generally  accepted
accounting principles.

As discussed in Note 1 to the  consolidated  financial  statements,  the Company
changed its method of accounting for other postretirement benefits in 1993.

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Des Moines, Iowa
October 13, 1995








Consolidated Statements of Income

                          Years Ended August 31,  1995          1994         1993
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions, except per share amounts)
                                                                 

Net sales                                      $1,532        $1,479       $1,343

Operating costs and expenses:
   Cost of goods sold                          $  642        $  606       $  538
   Research and product development               130           114          105
   Selling                                        354           335          308
   General and administrative                     126           123          113
   Restructuring and settlements                    -           (45)          54
                                               $1,252        $1,133       $1,118

   Operating income                            $  280        $  346       $  225
Investment income                                  23            19           17
Interest expense                                  (13)          (11)         (18)
Net exchange gain (loss)                            1            (5)          (5)

   Income before items below                   $  291        $  349       $  219

Provision for income taxes                       (106)         (134)         (86)
Minority interest and other                        (2)           (2)           4

   Income before cumulative effect of
     accounting change                         $  183        $  213       $  137

Cumulative effect of accounting change,
   net of income taxes of $11                       -             -          (17)

   Net income                                  $  183        $  213       $  120

Income per common share:
   Income before cumulative effect of
     accounting change                         $ 2.16        $ 2.40       $ 1.53
   Cumulative effect of accounting change, net                              (.19)

   Net income                                  $ 2.16        $ 2.40       $ 1.34

Average shares outstanding                         85            89           90
<FN>
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
</FN>








Consolidated Balance Sheets

ASSETS                             August 31,       1995           1994
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions)
                                                          
CURRENT ASSETS
   Cash and cash equivalents                      $   84        $   135
   Receivables:
     Trade                                           163            161
     Other                                            46             32
   Inventories                                       426            359
   Prepaid expenses                                    2              3
   Deferred income taxes                              49             52

     Total current assets                         $  770        $   742

LONG-TERM ASSETS                                  $   41        $    38

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
   Land and land improvements                     $   61        $    59
   Buildings                                         331            330
   Machinery and equipment                           481            438
   Construction in progress                           37             29
                                                  $  910        $   856
   Less accumulated depreciation                     438            398
                                                  $  472        $   458


INTANGIBLES                                       $   10        $    15

                                                  $1,293        $ 1,253
<FN>
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
</FN>








Consolidated Balance Sheet

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY   August 31,       1995        1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions)
                                                           

CURRENT LIABILITIES
   Short-term borrowings                              $   58     $    14
   Current maturities of long-term debt                   53           1
   Accounts payable, trade                                58          80
   Accrued compensation                                   45          54
   Income taxes payable                                   23          31
   Other                                                  43          52

    Total current liabilities                         $  280     $   232


LONG-TERM DEBT                                        $   18     $   66

DEFERRED ITEMS, primarily income taxes and
  retirement benefits                                 $   75     $   67

CONTINGENCIES

MINORITY INTEREST IN SUBSIDIARIES                     $    7     $    7

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
   Capital stock:
    Preferred, authorized 10,000,000 shares;
      issued none                                     $    -     $    -
    Common, $1 par value; authorized 150,000,000
      shares; issued 92,693,578 shares                    93         93
   Additional paid-in capital                             18         15
   Retained earnings                                   1,118        995
   Cumulative translation adjustment                       1         (3)

                                                      $1,230     $1,100
   Less:
    Cost of common shares acquired for the treasury,
      1995-- 9,206,749 shares; 1994-- 6,479,089 shares  (303)      (207)
    Unearned compensation                                (14)       (12)


                                                      $  913     $  881

                                                      $1,293     $1,253




<FN>
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
</FN>








Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

                          Years Ended August 31,  1995          1994         1993
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions)
                                                                   

   CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
    Net income                                      $  183     $    213     $   120
    Noncash items included in net income:
    Depreciation                                        61           60          52
    Amortization                                        13           15          13
    Restructuring of operations                          -            3          38
    Cumulative effect of accounting change               -            -          17
    Provision for doubtful accounts                      2            5           8
    Loss on disposal of assets                           1            2           1
    Foreign currency exchange losses                     2            4           6
    Other noncash items                                  4           (8)         (6)
   Change in assets and liabilities, net:
    Receivables                                        (20)         (31)        (27)
    Inventories                                        (68)          26         (64)
    Accounts payable and accrued expenses              (39)          23          15
    Income taxes payable                                (8)          12          (5)
    Other assets and liabilities                         9            7           8

    Net cash provided by operating activities      $   140     $    331     $   176

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
   Proceeds from sale of assets                    $     6     $      6     $    32
   Payments received on notes receivable                 6            9          12
   Disbursements for notes receivable                   (4)          (6)        (10)
   Capital expenditures                                (86)         (79)       (100)
   Other, net                                           (4)          (8)         (5)

    Net cash used in investing activities          $   (82)    $    (78)    $   (71)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
   Net short-term borrowings (payments)             $   45     $    (47)    $   (19)
   Proceeds from long-term borrowings                    5            3           1
   Principal payments on long-term borrowings           (2)          (5)         (7)
   Purchase of common stock                           (100)        (113)        (26)
   Cash dividends paid                                 (60)         (52)        (45)

    Net cash used in financing activities          $  (112)    $   (214)    $   (96)

Effect of foreign currency exchange rate
   changes on cash and cash equivalents            $     3     $      -     $   (14)
Effect of change in year-end of the Company's
   international subsidiaries on cash and cash
   equivalents                                     $     -     $      4     $     -
    Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
      equivalents                                  $   (51)    $     43     $    (5)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning                   135           92          97

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, ENDING                  $    84     $    135     $    92


<FN>
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
</FN>








Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity

                          Years Ended August 31,      1995         1994        1993
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions)
                                                                   

COMMON STOCK
   Balance, beginning and ending                    $   93     $     93     $    93

ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL
   Balance, beginning                               $   15     $     13     $    14
    Common stock issued from treasury for
       restricted stock plan                             1            1          (1)
    Tax benefits related to restricted stock plan        2            1           -
   Balance, ending                                  $   18     $     15     $    13

RETAINED EARNINGS
   Balance, beginning                               $  995     $    835     $   760
    Net income                                         183          213         120
    Change in reporting period of internationa
       subsidiaries                                      -          (1)           -
    Cash dividends on common stock (1995 -- $.71
      per share; 1994-- $.59 per share; 1993--
      $.5 per share)                                   (60)         (52)        (45)
   Balance, ending                                  $1,118     $    995     $   835


CUMULATIVE TRANSLATION ADJUSTMENT
   Balance, beginning                               $   (3)    $     (7)    $    20
    Current translation adjustment                       4            4         (27)
   Balance, ending                                  $    1     $     (3)    $    (7)


TREASURY STOCK
   Balance, beginning                               $ (207)    $    (97)    $   (79)
    Purchase of common stock for the treasury
      (1995-- 2,844,209 shares; 1994 -- 3,325,200
         shares; 1993 -- 1,056,000 shares)            (100)        (113)        (26)
    Common stock issued for restricted stock plan,
      net of forfeitures and stock used to satisfy
      withholding taxes (1995 -- 116,549 shares;
      1994 -- 97,336 shares; 1993-- 223,895 shares)      4            3           8
   Balance, ending                                  $ (303)    $   (207)    $   (97)

UNEARNED COMPENSATION
   Balance, beginning                               $  (12)    $    (12)    $    (9)
    Net additions of common stock to restricted
      stock plan                                        (8)          (4)         (7)
    Amortization of unearnced compensation               6            4           4
   Balance, ending                                  $  (14)    $    (12)    $   (12)


TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AT YEAR END              $  913     $    881     $   825



<FN>
See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
</FN>






NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1. Nature of Business and Significant Accounting Policies

           Nature of business:

              The Company's  business is the broad application of the science of
              genetics.  Pioneer was  founded in 1926 to apply  newly-discovered
              genetic techniques to hybridize corn. Today, the Company develops,
              produces,  and markets hybrids of corn,  sorghum,  sunflower,  and
              vegetables;  varieties of soybean, alfalfa, wheat, and canola; and
              microorganisms useful in crop and livestock production.

           Consolidation policy:

              The consolidated  financial statements include the accounts of the
              Company and all of its  subsidiaries.  All  material  intercompany
              balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

           Cash equivalents:

              The Company  considers all liquid  investments  with a maturity at
              purchase of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

           Receivables:

              Receivables  are stated net of an allowance for doubtful  accounts
              of $19  million  and $21  million  at  August  31,  1995 and 1994,
              respectively.

           Inventories

              Inventories are valued at the lower of cost  (first-in,  first-out
              method)  or  market.   Gains  or  losses  on   commodity   hedging
              transactions are included as a component of inventory.

           Property and equipment:

              Property and  equipment  is recorded at cost,  net of an allowance
              for loss on plant  closings of $9 million and $5 million at August
              31,  1995  and  1994,   respectively.   Depreciation  is  computed
              primarily by the straight-line method over estimated service lives
              of two to 40 years.

           Intangibles:

              Intangible  assets  are  stated  at  amortized  cost and are being
              amortized  by the  straight-line  method over one- to  twenty-year
              periods,    with   the   weighted-average    amortization   period
              approximating  7.6  years  for the year  ended  August  31,  1995.
              Accumulated  amortization of $32 million and $26 million at August
              31, 1995 and 1994,  respectively,  have been netted  against these
              assets.

           Basis of accounting:

              Subsidiary  and  asset  acquisitions  are  accounted  for  by  the
              purchase method.






           Translation of foreign currencies and foreign exchange hedging:

              All  assets  and  liabilities  in the  balance  sheets of  foreign
              subsidiaries  whose  functional  currency  is other  than the U.S.
              dollar are  translated  at year-end  exchange  rates.  Translation
              gains and losses are not  included in  determining  net income but
              are accumulated as a separate  component of shareholders'  equity.
              However,  for  subsidiaries  considered  to be operating in highly
              inflationary  countries  and for certain other  subsidiaries,  the
              U.S. dollar is the functional currency,  and translation gains and
              losses are included in determining  net income.  Foreign  currency
              transaction  gains and  losses are  included  in  determining  net
              income.

              The  Company  uses  a  combination  of  forward  foreign  exchange
              contracts  and foreign  currency  option  contracts  to hedge open
              foreign  denominated  payables and  receivables  and also to hedge
              firm sales and purchase commitments with its foreign subsidiaries.
              Unrealized   gains  and  losses  on  hedges  of  existing  foreign
              denominated  payables or receivables  are included in other assets
              or  liabilities  and are recognized in net exchange gain (loss) in
              conjunction   with  the   revaluation  of  the  foreign   currency
              denominated  transaction.  Unrealized  gains and losses related to
              qualifying  hedges of firm  sales  and  purchase  commitments  are
              deferred  and  recognized  in  income  when  the  future  sales or
              purchases  are  recognized  or  immediately  if the  commitment is
              canceled.  Option  premiums  paid are amortized to income over the
              life of the contract.

           Income taxes:

              Income  taxes  are  computed  in  accordance  with  SFAS No.  109.
              Deferred income taxes have been provided on temporary  differences
              in the financial  statement and income tax bases of certain assets
              and liabilities.

              Deferred income taxes have not been provided on the  undistributed
              earnings or the cumulative  translation  adjustment of the foreign
              subsidiaries  to the extent the Company  intends to reinvest  such
              undistributed  earnings indefinitely or to repatriate them only to
              the extent that no additional income tax liability is created. The
              cumulative  amount of the undistributed net income and translation
              adjustment of such  subsidiaries is approximately  $169 million at
              August 31,  1995.  The Company  files  consolidated  U.S.  Federal
              income tax returns with its domestic subsidiaries;  therefore,  no
              deferred  income  taxes have been  provided  on the  undistributed
              earnings of those subsidiaries.

           Pension plans:

              The  Company's  domestic  and  Canadian  operations  have  defined
              benefit pension plans covering  substantially all their employees.
              The  plans  provide  benefits  that are based on  average  monthly
              earnings of the  employees.  The funding  policy is to  contribute
              annually an amount to fund pension cost as actuarially  determined
              by an independent pension consulting firm.






           Other postretirement benefits:

              The Company  sponsors a health care plan and a life insurance plan
              which  provide  benefits  to  eligible  retirees.   The  Company's
              contribution  is based on age and years of service at  retirement.
              The health  insurance plan contains the  cost-sharing  features of
              coinsurance and/or  deductibles.  The life plan is paid for by the
              Company. Benefits under both plans are based on eligibility status
              for  pension  and  length  of  service.  Substantially  all of the
              Company's  U.S.  and  Canadian  full-time   employees  may  become
              eligible for these benefits upon reaching age 55 and having worked
              for the Company at least five years.

              During the second  quarter of fiscal  1993,  the  Company  adopted
              Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 106 "Employers'
              Accounting for  Postretirement  Benefits Other than Pensions." The
              Company  recorded  the  transition  obligation  as the  cumulative
              effect of an accounting change.

           Deferred executive  compensation and supplemental  retirement benefit
           plans:

              The estimated  liability for the deferred  executive  compensation
              and  supplemental  retirement  benefit plans is being accrued over
              the expected remaining years of active employment.

           Restricted stock plans:

              The Company  amortizes as  compensation  expense the cost of stock
              acquired  for the  restricted  stock  plans  by the  straight-line
              method over the five-year restriction period.

Note 2. Inventories



           The composition of inventories is as follows:
                                      August 31,          1995          1994
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (In millions
                                                               

           Finished seed                              $    280       $   164
           Unfinished seed                                 140           190
           Supplies and other                                6             5
                                                      $    426       $   359


           Unfinished  seed  represents  the  Company's  cost  of  parent  seed,
           detasseling  and roguing labor,  and certain other  production  costs
           incurred  by the  Company to  produce  its seed  supply.  Much of the
           balance of the labor, equipment, and production costs associated with
           planting, growing, and harvesting the seed is supplied by independent
           growers who contract  specific acreage for the production of seed for
           the  Company.   The  compensation  of  the  independent   growers  is
           determined  based  upon  yield,  contracted  acreage,  and  commodity
           prices. The commitment for grower  compensation is accrued as seed is
           delivered to the Company.  Accrued grower compensation was $6 million
           and $19 million at August 31, 1995 and 1994, respectively.






           The  Company  uses  commodity  futures  and  options to hedge  grower
           compensation  costs.  At August 31,  1995 and 1994,  the  Company had
           futures  contracts with brokers on notional  quantities  amounting to
           seven million bushels and 17 million bushels,  respectively for corn,
           and five million bushels and two million  bushels,  respectively  for
           soybeans.  At August 31, 1995,  unrealized  gains on these  contracts
           were $2 million.

Note 3. Current Borrowings, Lines of Credit, Long-Term Debt, and
        Guarantees

           At August 31, 1995, the Company had domestic lines of credit totaling
           $250 million  available to be used as support for the issuance of the
           Company's  commercial  paper.  Commercial paper outstanding at August
           31, 1995, totaling $43 million,  bears interest at an average rate of
           5.85 percent. There was no commercial paper outstanding at August 31,
           1994.

           In addition,  the Company's foreign subsidiaries have lines of credit
           and direct borrowing  agreements totaling $48 million,  substantially
           all of which are unsecured. At August 31, 1995, short-term borrowings
           of $15  million  were  outstanding  under  these lines of credit at a
           weighted average  interest rate of 17.8 percent.  At August 31, 1994,
           short-term  borrowings of $14 million were outstanding  under foreign
           subsidiary  lines of credit at a weighted  average  interest  rate of
           14.4 percent.

           The  Company has in place a $100  million  private  medium-term  note
           program of which $50 million is  outstanding  at August 31, 1995. The
           note is unsecured and bears  interest at 8.5 percent with payment due
           in 1996.

           The remaining  long-term  debt at August 31, 1995,  bears interest at
           varying rates and requires annual  principal  payments through fiscal
           2001.  The  maturities  of  long-term  debt for the next five  fiscal
           years, in millions, are as follows: $53; $8; $3; $1; and $0.2.

           The Company has guaranteed the repayment of principal and interest on
           certain  obligations of Village Court Associates,  an affiliated real
           estate  venture.   At  August  31,  1995,  such  guarantees   totaled
           approximately $23 million.

Note 4. Income Taxes

           The provision for income taxes is based on income before income taxes
           as follows:



                      Years Ended August 31,      1995          1994         1993
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (In millions)
                                                                  

           United States                        $   198       $  272       $   215
           Foreign                                   93           77             4
                                                $   291       $  349       $   219








           The   provision  for  income  taxes  is  composed  of  the  following
           components:



                       Years Ended August 31,     1995          1994         1993
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (In millions)
                                                                  

           Current:
             Federal                            $    59       $  101       $   59
             State                                   10           15           10
             Foreign                                 36           29           25
                                                $   105       $  145       $   94
           Deferred:
             Federal                            $     4       $  (12)      $   (6)
             State                                    -           (2)          (1)
             Foreign                                 (3)           3           (1)
                                                $     1       $  (11)      $   (8)
                                                $   106       $  134       $   86



           The  tax  effects  of  temporary   differences   that  give  rise  to
           significant  portions of the  deferred  tax assets and  deferred  tax
           liabilities at August 31, 1995 and 1994, are presented below:



                                   August 31,     1995          1994
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------
           (In millions)
                                                        

          Deferred tax assets:
             Allowance for doubtful accounts   $     6        $     6
             Inventories                            23             25
             Benefits/compensation                  32             28
             Deferred profit                        10             10
             Net operating loss carryforwards        8              9
             Other carryforwards                     1              1
             Other                                   9             10
               Total gross deferred tax asset  $    89        $    89
               Less valuation allowance            (11)           (11)
               Total deferred tax asset        $    78        $    78
           Deferred tax liabilities:
             Property and equipment            $   (41)       $   (39)
             Other                                  (1)            (2)
               Total deferred tax liability    $   (42)       $   (41)
               Net deferred tax asset          $    36        $    37



           The  net   operating   loss   carryforwards   result   from   various
           international  subsidiaries.  The  expiration  of these net operating
           losses range from 1996 to indefinite.  Utilization of these losses is
           dependent upon earnings generated in the respective  subsidiaries.  A
           valuation allowance for the losses has been set up where appropriate.

           There was no change in the  total  valuation  allowance  for the year
           ended  August  31,  1995.  The  net  change  in the  total  valuation
           allowance  for the year ended August 31,  1994,  was a decrease of $3
           million.






           Following is a  reconciliation  of the statutory U.S.  Federal income
           tax rate to the Company's actual worldwide effective income tax rate.



                                                     1995         1994          1993
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                      
           Statutory U.S. Federal income tax rate   35.0%         35.0%        34.7%
           State income taxes, net of Federal
             income tax benefit                      2.4           2.5          2.6
           Effect of taxes on foreign earnings      (0.9)          1.8          6.7
           Foreign Sales Corporation                (0.7)         (1.1)        (1.5)
           Other                                     0.7           0.3         (3.4)
           Actual effective income tax rate         36.5%         38.5%        39.1%


Note 5. Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits

           Qualified pension plans:
           The  components  of pension cost  expensed  under  qualified  defined
           benefit pension plans for the years ended August 31, 1995,  1994, and
           1993, consisted of the following:



                                                  1995          1994          1993
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (In millions)
                                                                   

           Service cost                        $     7        $    6        $    5
           Interest cost on projected benefit
             obligation                             11             9             9
           Actual return on plan assets            (12)          (11)          (10)
           Net amortization and deferral            (1)           (1)           (1)
           Pension expense                     $     5        $    3        $    3


           The  following  table sets forth the plans'  funded status as of June
           30, 1995 and 1994, respectively:



                                                            1995           1994
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (In millions
                                                                  

           Actuarial present value of benefit obligations:
             Vested benefit obligation                     $   96       $    88
             Accumulated benefit obligation                $  102       $    94

           Plan assets at fair value, primarily stocks
             and bonds                                     $  158       $   131
           Projected benefit obligation                       147           132
           Plan assets in excess of (less than) projected
              benefit obligation                           $   11       $    (1)                                              (1)
           Unrecognized net loss                                9            20
           Unrecognized prior service cost                      2             3
           Unrecognized transition asset, net
             (recognized over 16 years)                       (10)          (12)
           Pension asset                                   $   12       $    10



           Plan assets include common stock of the Company of $11 million and $8
           million at June 30, 1995 and 1994, respectively.

           In determining the present value of benefit  obligations,  a discount
           rate of  eight  percent  was  used in 1995  and  1994.  The  expected
           long-term rate of return on plan assets used was nine percent and the
           assumed rate of increase in compensation  levels used was 6.5 percent
           in both years.






           Non-qualified pension plans:
           The components of pension cost expensed under  non-qualified  pension
           plans for the years ended August 31, 1995, 1994, and 1993,  consisted
           of the following:



                                                  1995          1994          1993
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (In millions)
                                                                   

           Service cost                        $     2        $    1        $    1
           Interest cost on projected benefit
             obligation                              3             2             1
           Net amortization and deferral             1             1             -
           Pension expense                     $     6        $    4        $    2


           The following  table sets forth the plans' funded status as of August
           31, 1995 and 1994, respectively:



                                                  1995          1994
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
           (In millions)
                                                        
           Actuarial present value of benefit
             obligations:
             Vested benefit obligation         $     7        $    3
             Accumulated benefit obligation    $     8        $    3

           Plans' assets at fair value         $     -        $    -
           Projected benefit obligation             39            22
           Plans' assets (less than) projected benefit
             obligation                        $   (39)       $  (22)
           Unrecognized net loss                    10             6
           Unrecognized prior service cost          11             3
           Unrecognized transition asset, net        1             1
           Pension liabilities                 $   (17)       $  (12)


           In determining the present value of benefit  obligations,  a discount
           rate of eight percent was used in 1995 and 1994.  The assumed rate of
           increase in compensation levels used was eight percent in both years.

           Other postretirement benefit plans:
           The components of postretirement benefits cost expensed for the years
           ended  August 31,  1995,  1994,  and 1993,  consist of the  following
           components:



                                                  1995          1994          1993
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (In millions)
                                                                   

           Service cost-- benefits earned during
             the year                             $    2        $    2      $   1
           Interest cost on accumulated
              postretirement benefit obligation        2             3          2
           Return on assets                            -             -          -
           Net amortization and deferral               -             1         29
           Other postretirement benefits cost     $    4        $    6      $  32







           The following  table sets forth the plans' funded status as of August
           31, 1995 and 1994, respectively:



                                                      1995          1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (In millions)
                                                           

           Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation:
            Retirees                               $    12       $     8
           Other fully eligible plan participants        7             7
           Other active plan participants               17            23
                                                   $    36       $    38
           Plans' assets at fair value                   -             -
           Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation
             in excess of plans' assets            $    36       $    38
           Unrecognized prior service cost               1             -
           Unrecognized net loss                         -            (4)
           Accrued postretirement benefits cost    $    37       $    34


           For  1995  and  1994,  the  discount  rate  used in  determining  the
           accumulated  postretirement  benefit obligation was eight percent. An
           11 percent  annual rate of increase in the per capita cost of covered
           health care  benefits was assumed for 1994.  This rate was assumed to
           decrease gradually to six percent in the year 2004 and remain at that
           level  thereafter.  A  one-percentage-point  increase  in the assumed
           health  care  cost  trend  rates  would   increase  the   accumulated
           postretirement   benefit   obligation  as  of  August  31,  1995,  by
           approximately  $5 million and the total of the  service and  interest
           cost components of net  postretirement  health care cost for the year
           then ended, by approximately $1 million.

Note 6. Financial Instruments

           Foreign exchange:

           The Company uses foreign  currency  hedge  instruments  to reduce the
           effect of exchange rate fluctuations on the U.S. dollar value of cash
           flows of foreign operations and reported earnings. The main financial
           instruments used are foreign exchange  forward  contracts,  purchased
           foreign  currency   options,   and  cross  currency  swaps.  In  some
           countries,  foreign  currency hedge  instruments are not available or
           are cost prohibitive.  The exposures in these countries are addressed
           through  managing net asset positions and borrowing in local currency
           or investing in U.S. dollars.

           While the hedge instruments are subject to risk of loss from exchange
           rate  movement,  these losses  would  generally be offset by expected
           gains in the U.S.  dollar  value of foreign  sales and/or cash flows.
           The Company does not trade these  instruments  with the  objective of
           earning  financial  gains on the  exchange  rate  price  fluctuations
           alone,  nor  does it trade  in  currencies  for  which  there  are no
           underlying exposures.

           The  notional  amounts for  contracts in place at August 31, 1995 and
           1994,  are  shown  in the  following  table  in U.S.  dollars.  These
           contracts generally mature in less than one year.







                                  August 31,        1995           1994
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (In millions)
                                                          


           Forwards                               $  129        $    85
           Options Purchased                          18             15
           Swaps                                      34              -
                                                  $  181        $   100


           At August 31,  1995,  deferred  unrealized  gains from  hedging  firm
           purchase and sale commitments, based on broker quoted prices, were $1
           million and deferred unrealized losses were $3 million.

           Credit risk:
           The  Company's  financial  instruments  subject  to  credit  risk are
           primarily trade accounts receivable,  cash and cash equivalents,  and
           foreign currency exchange contracts. The Company is exposed to credit
           risk of  non-performance by  counterparties.  Generally,  the Company
           does not require  collateral  or other  security to support  customer
           receivables   or   foreign   currency   exchange    contracts.    The
           counterparties to the Company's hedge instruments are major financial
           institutions.  The Company  evaluates  the credit  worthiness  of the
           counterparties  to hedge instruments and has never  experienced,  nor
           does it anticipate, nonperformance by any of its counterparties.

           The Company had the  following  significant  concentrations  of trade
           accounts  receivables and cash and cash equivalents subject to credit
           risk:



                                  August 31,        1995           1994
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------
           (In millions)
                                                          
           United States                          $   92        $   163
           Italy                                  $   57        $    47
           Central Europe and CIS                 $    8        $     5


           Within the United States,  the majority of the Company's  business is
           conducted  with  individual  farm  operators  located  throughout the
           country.   The  majority  of  the  Company's  business  in  Italy  is
           transacted with distributors and cooperatives.  In Central Europe and
           the  Commonwealth of Independent  States (CIS),  the Company conducts
           business primarily with government-sponsored companies and agencies.

           Fair value:

           The Company estimated the fair value of its financial  instruments by
           discounting the expected future cash flows using the current interest
           rates  which  would  apply to each  class of  financial  instruments,
           except for foreign  currency  contractsfor  which quotes from brokers
           were used.

           The  fair  value  of  cash   equivalents,   receivables,   short-term
           borrowings,  and foreign  currency  contracts  approximates  carrying
           value.  The fair  value of  long-term  debt at August  31,  1995,  is
           approximately  $65  million  compared  to its  carrying  value of $71
           million.






Note 7. Restructuring And Settlements

           On July 13, 1994, the U.S.  Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a prior
           court's decision in its suit against Holden Foundation  Seeds,  Inc.,
           awarding  Pioneer damages for lost profits from the  misappropriation
           of germplasm.  In August 1994,  the Company  received the  settlement
           plus interest totaling  approximately  $52 million.  During 1994, the
           Company also incurred $7 million of additional restructuring charges.
           The charges  reflect $4 million of costs incurred in 1994 to complete
           the divestment of the Egyptian Edible Oil business and $3 million for
           other operations.

           Operating results in 1993 include $54 million in provisions for costs
           associated  with  restructuring  operations  in Africa and the Middle
           East.  The  Company   recorded   reserves  on  accounts   receivable,
           inventory,  and long-term assets and provided for the estimated costs
           of closing and  redefining  most of the  operations  in this  region.
           These  charges  included  writing  off 100  percent of the  Company's
           investment in its Egyptian Edible Oil business.

           We believe all expenses  related to the  restructuring  of operations
           have been incurred and remaining reserves are not material.

Note 8. Capital Stock

           Stock plans:

           The Company has restricted  stock plans under which 879,596 shares of
           the Company's common stock are held by the Company for key employees.
           Such stock is subject to an  agreement  requiring  forfeiture  by the
           employee in the event of termination of employment  within five years
           of the date of grant other than as a result of retirement,  death, or
           disability.  The maximum number of shares  authorized for grant under
           these plans is 5,250,000  shares of which  2,063,745 had been granted
           as of August 31, 1995.

           On September 12, 1995, the Board of Directors approved a stock option
           plan subject to shareholder  approval.  The plan  authorizes  options
           covering  three  million  shares to be  granted  to  officers  of the
           Company.

           Voting rights:

           Generally,  each share of common  stock is entitled to five votes per
           share if the share has been  beneficially  owned  continuously by the
           same  person  for a period of 36  consecutive  months  preceding  the
           record date for the relevant  shareholders'  meeting;  and, all other
           shares are entitled to one vote per share.

           Share repurchase:

           At August 31, 1995,  shares  remaining to be purchased  under a Board
           authorized  repurchase plan totaled  700,000.  On September 12, 1995,
           the Board of Directors  authorized  the  repurchase  of an additional
           three million shares of the Company's stock.






Note 9. Geographic Data
        Certain  financial  information  concerning  the Company's  domestic and
        foreign operations is as follows:



                      Years Ended August 31,       1995         1994          1993
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions)
                                                                  

 Net sales (by source):
   United States                                $ 1,271       $1,270       $1,092
   Europe                                           349          249          282
   Other                                            189          190          184
    Total sales                                 $ 1,809       $1,709       $1,558
   Less intergeographical sales, primarily
     United States                                  277          230          215
                                                $ 1,532       $1,479       $1,343
 Operating income (by source):
   United States                                $   269       $  341       $  271
   Europe                                            53           33           20
   Other                                             31           40           (7)
                                                $   353       $  414       $  284
   Indirect general and administrative expense      (73)         (68)         (59)
                                                $   280       $  346       $  225
 Identifiable assets at August 31:
   United States                                $   736       $  668       $  671
   Europe                                           212          197          204
   Other                                            210          201          214
                                                $ 1,158       $1,066       $1,089
   Corporate                                        135          187          132
                                                $ 1,293       $1,253       $1,221
 Export Sales:
   Primarily Europe                             $    15       $   18       $   25



Note 10. Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data

Summarized unaudited quarterly financial data for 1995 is as follows:



Three Months Ended             November 30    February 28    May 31        August 31
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions, except per share amounts)
                                                                

Net sales                         $   69       $   277        $ 1,049       $   137
Gross profit                      $    2       $   104        $   632       $    21
Net income (loss)                 $  (48)      $     9        $   272       $   (50)
Net income (loss) per common
   share(1)                       $ (.57)      $   .11        $  3.23       $  (.59)
Cash dividends per common
   share(1)                       $  .17       $   .17        $   .17       $   .20


Summarized unaudited quarterly financial data for 1994 is as follows:



Three Months Ended             November 30   February 28     May 31        August 31
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(In millions, except per share amounts
                                                                

Net sales                         $   67       $   250        $ 1,038       $   124
Gross profit                      $    4       $   113        $   615       $    27
Net income (loss)                 $  (44)      $    17        $   260       $   (20)
Net income (loss) per common
   share(1)                       $ (.49)      $   .19        $  2.94       $  (.23)
Cash dividends per common share(1)$  .14       $   .14        $   .14       $   .17
<FN>
(1) As a result of rounding,  the total of the four quarters'  earnings and cash
dividends per share may not equal the earnings and cash  dividends per share for
the year.
</FN>







Note 11.   SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

           Certain financial information concerning the Consolidated  Statements
           of Cash Flows is as follows:



                             Years Ended August 31,          1995         1994        1993
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           (In millions)

                                                                          

           Cash payments:
               Interest                                   $    13      $    13     $    19
               Income taxes                               $   117      $   145     $   114



Note 12. Subsequent Events

           On September 18, 1995, the Company and Mycogen Corporation  announced
           they had signed a Memorandum of  Understanding to pursue an agreement
           in which  Pioneer  would make an  investment  in Mycogen  and the two
           companies would create a research collaboration.

           The proposed investment by Pioneer would total $51 million, of which,
           $30  million  would be for the  purchase of three  million  shares of
           Mycogen  common  stock and the  remainder  would be  funding  for the
           research collaboration.






                                      EXHIBIT 21


                          PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                            SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

The following are all of the subsidiaries of the Registrant, and are included in
its audited  consolidated  financial  statements filed with its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1995. Each  subsidiary  listed is
wholly-owned  by  the  Registrant  or  one  of  the  Registrant's  wholly  owned
subsidiaries, except as otherwise indicated.

               Subsidiary                                          Place of
                                                                Incorporation

Subsidiaries of the Registrant:
        The Advantage Corp                                           U.S.A.
        Green Meadows, Ltd.                                          U.S.A.
        PHI Communications Company, Inc.                             U.S.A.
        PHI Financial Services, Inc.                                 U.S.A.
        PHI Insurance Co.                                            U.S.A.
        PHI Insurance Services, Inc.                                 U.S.A.
        PHI Mexico, SA de CV (99%)                                   Mexico
        PHI Specialty Products                                       U.S.A.
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Australia, Pty. Ltd.                         Australia
        Pioneer Hi-Bred FSC Ltd. (0.45%)                             Jamaica
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Limited                                      Canada
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Production, Ltd.                             Canada
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Puerto Rico, Inc.                            U.S.A.
        Pioneer Maghreb S.A. (99.9%)                                 Morocco
        Pioneer Overseas Corporation                                 U.S.A.
        Pioneer Sementes Ltda. (74.39%)                              Brazil
        Pioneer Vegetable Genetics, Inc.                             U.S.A.
        Pioneer Vegetable Genetics, Ltd                              Israel
        Semillas Pioneer Chile Ltda. (99.74%)                        Chile
        Semillas Pioneer Colombia S.A. (1.5%)                        Colombia
        Semillas Pioneer, S.A.                                       Spain





                                      EXHIBIT 21


                            SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

               Subsidiary                                            Place of
                                                                  Incorporation

Subsidiaries of Pioneer Overseas  Corporation,
 a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant:
        Agri-Genetic Realty, Inc. (30%)                           Philippines
        Ethiopian Pioneer Hi-Bred Seeds, Inc. JV (76.91%)         Ethiopia
        Grainfield Co., Ltd. (35%)                                Thailand
        Hibridos Pioneer de Mexicanos S.A. de C.V.                Mexico
        MISR Pioneer Seeds Company S.A.E. (80.39%)                Egypt
        P. T. Pioneer Hibrida Indonesia (80%)                     Indonesia
        Part Agri SARL (50%)                                      France
        PHI Genetics (Proprietary) Limited                        South Africa
        PHI Hi-Bred (Proprietary) Limited                         South Africa
        PHI Seeds Proprietary Ltd. (99.99%)                       Botswana
        Pioneer Argentina, S.A.                                   Argentina
        Pioneer France Mais S.A. (99.44%)                         France
        Pioneer Genetique S.A.R.L. (99%)                          France
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Agricultural Technologies, Inc.(80%)      Philippines
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Benelux B.V.                              Netherlands
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Europe, Inc.                              U.S.A.
        Pioneer Hi-Bred FSC Ltd. (99.55%)                         Jamaica
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Italia S.p.A. (90%)                       Italy
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Japan Co., Ltd. (52%)                     Japan
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Korea, Inc.                               U.S.A.
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Magyarorszag Kft. (90%)                   Hungary
        Pioneer Hi-Bred S.A.R.L. (99.8%)                          France
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Seeds Agro S.R.L.                         Romania
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Sementes de Portugal, S.A. (99.96%)       Portugal
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Thailand Co., Ltd. (94.5%)                Thailand
        Pioneer Holding Company Ltd.                              Turks & Caicos
        Pioneer Overseas Corporation (Thailand) Ltd.(99.96%)      Thailand
        Pioneer Overseas Research Corporation                     U.S.A.
        Pioneer Pakistan Seed Limited (24%)                       Pakistan
        Pioneer Saaten GmbH                                       Austria
        Pioneer Saaten GmbH                                       Germany
        Pioneer Seed Company (Zimbabwe) (Pvt.) Ltd. (95%)         Zimbabwe
        Pioneer Seed Holding Nederland B.V.                       Netherlands
        Pioneer Seeds, Inc.                                       U.S.A.
        Pioneer Semena Holding GmbH (99%)                         Austria
        Pioneer Sementes Ltda. (25.61%)                           Brazil
        Pioneer Sjeme D.O.O. (10%)                                Croatia
        Pioneer Tohumculuk A.S. (99.96%)                          Turkey
        Pioneer Trading Ltd. (51%)                                Turks & Caicos
        Semillas Hibridas Pioneer S.A. (75%)                      Colombia
        Semillas Pioneer Chile Ltda. (.26%)                       Chile
        Semillas Pioneer Colombia, S.A. (94%)                     Colombia
        Semillas Pioneer de Venezuela C.A.                        Venezuela
        SPIC PHI Seeds Inc. (40%)                                 India
        Swazi-American (PHI) Seeds, Ltd. (70%)                    Swaziland
        Ukranian-American Russian Zorya-Nassinya (33.33%)         CIS





                                      EXHIBIT 21


                            SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

               Subsidiary                                          Place of
                                                               Incorporation

Subsidiaries  of  Green  Meadows,   Ltd.,
    a  wholly  owned  subsidiary  of  the Registrant:
        Green Meadows Development Board                           U.S.A.
        Iowa India Investments Company Ltd.                       U.S.A.
        PHI Mexico, SA de CV (1%)                                 Mexico
        Pioneer France Mais S.A. (.08%)                           France
        Semillas Pioneer Colombia, S.A. (1.5%)                    Colombia
        Village Court, Inc.                                       U.S.A.
Subsidiary of PHI Insurance Co., a wholly
    owned subsidiary of the Registrant:
        Semillas Pioneer Colombia, S.A. (1.5%)                    Colombia
Subsidiary of PHI Insurance Services, Inc.,
    a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant:
        Pioneer Insurance Services, Inc. -
         An Insurance Agency                                      U.S.A.
Subsidiary of Pioneer Genetique S.A.R.L.,
    a wholly owned subsidiary of Pioneer Overseas
      Corporation and Pioneer Hi-Bred Limited:
        Pioneer France Mais S.A. (.08%)                           France
Subsidiaries of Pioneer Hi-Bred Europe, Inc.,
    a wholly owned subsidiary of Pioneer Overseas
      Corporation
        PHI Seeds Proprietary Ltd. (.01%)                         Botswana
        Pioneer Hi-Bred (U.K.) Limited (99.99%)                   United Kingdom
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Magyarorszag Kft. (10%)                   Hungary
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Sementes de Portugal S.A. (.01%)          Portugal
        Pioneer Tohumculuk A.S. (.01%)                            Turkey
Subsidiary of Pioneer Hi-Bred Korea, Inc.,
    a wholly owned subsidiary of Pioneer Overseas
      Corporation:
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Sementes de Portugal S.A. (.01%)          Portugal
Subsidiaries of Pioneer Hi-Bred Limited,
    a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant:
        Pioneer France Mais S.A. (.08%)                           France
        Pioneer Genetique S.A.R.L. (1%)                           France
        Pioneer Hi-Bred S.A.R.L. (.2%)                            France
Subsidiary of Pioneer Holding Company Ltd.,
    a wholly owned subsidiary of Pioneer Overseas
      Corporation:
        Pioneer Pakistan Seed Limited (56%)                       Pakistan
Subsididary of Pioneer Overseas Research Corporation,
    a wholly owned subsidiary of Pioneer Overseas
      Corporation:
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Sementes de Portugal S.A. (.01%)          Portugal
Subsidiaries of Pioneer Seed Holding Nederland B.V.,
    a wholly owned subsidiary of Pioneer Overseas
      Corporation:
        Hellaseed S.A. (51%)                                      Greece
        Pioneer France Mais S.A. (.08%)                           France
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Slovakia S.R.O.                           Slovakia





                                      EXHIBIT 21


                                SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

               Subsidiary                                            Place of
                                                                 Incorporation

Subsidiaries  of Pioneer  Seeds,  Inc.,  a wholly
  owned  subsidiary  of Pioneer Overseas Corporation:
        Pioneer France Mais S.A. (.08%)                           France
        Pioneer Hi-Bred (U.K.) Limited (0.01%)                    United Kingdom
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Italia S.p.A. (10%)                       Italy
        Pioneer Hi-Bred Sementes de Portugal S.A. (.01%)          Portugal
        Pioneer Maghreb S.A. (.10%)                               Morocco
        Pioneer Semena Holding GmbH (1%)                          Austria
        Pioneer Sjeme D.O.O. (90%)                                Croatia
        Pioneer Tohumculuk A.S. (.01%)                            Turkey
        Semillas Pioneer Colombia, S.A. (1.5%)                    Colombia
Subsidiary of Pioneer Sementes Ltda., a wholly owned
    subsidiary of the Registrant and Pioneer Overseas
      Corporation:
        Empreendimentos Agricolas Pioneer Ltda. (40%)             Brazil





                            SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report or amendment  thereto to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(REGISTRANT)       PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(NAME AND TITLE)   Charles S. Johnson, President and Chief Executive
                   Officer and Director
DATE               November 28, 1995

  Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  this
report  has  been  signed  below  by the  following  persons  on  behalf  of the
Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


(NAME AND TITLE)   Charles S. Johnson, President and Chief Executive
                   Officer and Director
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   Thomas N. Urban, Chairman of the Board of Directors
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   Jerry L. Chicoine, Senior Vice President, Chief
                   Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary to the
                   Board
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   Dwight G. Dollison, Vice President and Treasurer
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   Brian G. Hart, Vice President and Corporate
                   Controller
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   C. Robert Brenton, Director
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   Dr. Pedro Cuatrecasas, Director
DATE               November 28, 1995






(NAME AND TITLE)   Dr. Ray A. Goldberg, Director
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   Fred S. Hubbell, Director
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   Dr. F. Warren McFarlan, Director
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   Dr. Owen J. Newlin, Director
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   Dr. Virginia Walbot, Director
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   H. Scott Wallace, Director
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   Fred W. Weitz, Director
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   Herman H.F. Wijffels, Director
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   Nancy Y. Bekavac, Director
DATE               November 28, 1995



(NAME AND TITLE)   Luiz Kaufmann, Director
DATE               November 28, 1995





             APPENDIX TO MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS



The table titled "Sales by Region - 1995"  appears in The Company's  Business of
the Annual Report to Shareholders in the form of a bar graph.

The table titled "Fiscal 1995 Available Domestic Lines of Credit" appears in the
Management  Discussion and Analysis of the Annual Report to  Shareholders in the
form of a bar graph.

The table titled "Fiscal 1996 Available Domestic Lines of Credit" appears in the
Management  Discussion and Analysis of the Annual Report to  Shareholders in the
form of a bar graph.

The table titled "Net Income" appears in the Management  Discussion and Analysis
of the Annual Report to Shareholders in the form of a bar graph.

The table titled "Annual  Dividends"  appears in the  Management  Discussion and
Analysis of the Annual Report to Shareholders in the form of a bar graph.

The table titled "Research and Product Development  Expenditures" appears in the
Management  Discussion and Analysis of the Annual Report to  Shareholders in the
form of a bar graph.