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  "vendor": "Bayer",
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  "wheat_class": null,
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    "Has provided good husk cover and test weight",
    "Decent ear flex allows use at moderate populations",
    "Has shown very good silage yield and milk yield",
    "Moderate root strength and greensnap tolerance",
    "Avoid positioning into fields with a history of Goss's Wilt"
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        },
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          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
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          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
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          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
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          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
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          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
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      "label": "HARVEST",
      "type": "harvest",
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          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
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          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
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          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
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          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
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          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE",
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        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
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