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  "source_key": "westbred-wb4445clp",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "WESTBRED",
  "product_name": "WB4445CLP BRAND",
  "product_id": "WHEAT_WB4445CLP BRAND_WESTBRED_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "WB4445CLP",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND",
  "crop": "wheat",
  "release_year": 2024,
  "relative_maturity": "Medium",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [],
  "trait_descriptions": [],
  "positioning_statement": "WB4445CLP is a Hard Red Winter Clearfield® Plus Wheat variety with excellent Milling and Baking quality. Bred for the Central  and Southern Plains, this variety has very good Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus tolerance and very good drought tolerance.",
  "strengths": [
    "Excellent Yield Potential",
    "Two-Gene Clearfield Gene for Control of Grass and Broadleaf Weeds",
    "Excellent Drought Tolerance",
    "Very Good Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus Tolerance"
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          "value": "CLP"
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        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
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        },
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          "characteristic": "HEAD TYPE",
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        {
          "characteristic": "YIELD POTENTIAL",
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        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION",
          "value": "Pending"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "LIMITED USE LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "CROP SYSTEM",
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        {
          "characteristic": "PATENT PROTECTION",
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          "characteristic": "MILLING/BAKING QUALITY",
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        }
      ]
    },
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      "label": "PEST AND DISEASE RESISTANCE",
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          "characteristic": "FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT (SCAB)",
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  "_scale_direction": "1-9 (9 = best)",
  "regional_recommendations": [],
  "image_url": "https://cs-assets.bayer.com/is/image/bayer/Westbred-wheat-field-seed-wb4445CLP",
  "source_urls": [
    "https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/wheat/westbred/westbred-wb4445clp-wheat"
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  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-05-12T14:42:24.068Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-05-25T17:07:20.924131+00:00",
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