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  "source": "bayer_seeds",
  "source_key": "westbred-wb4440",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "WESTBRED",
  "product_name": "WB4440 BRAND",
  "product_id": "WHEAT_WB4440 BRAND_WESTBRED_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "WB4440",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND",
  "crop": "wheat",
  "release_year": 2024,
  "relative_maturity": "Medium",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [],
  "trait_descriptions": [],
  "positioning_statement": "WB4440 is an Awnless Hard Red Winter Wheat variety with very good Hessian Fly tolerance.  Best suited for the Southern Plains, it has very good grain yield potential but also offers high tillering for grazing and has the potential for wheatlage production.",
  "strengths": [
    "Awnless Variety with Very Good Grain and Forage Yield Potential",
    "Very Good Hessian Fly Tolerance",
    "Very Good Grazing Potential",
    "Broadly adapted for Irrigated or Dryland Acres",
    "Intermediate Tolerance to Low pH Soils"
  ],
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      "label": "KEY CHARACTERISTICS",
      "type": "key characteristics",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STANDABILITY",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "YELLOW (STRIPE) RUST",
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        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "HERBICIDE TOLERANCE",
          "value": "-"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "MATURITY GROUP",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium-High"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HEAD TYPE",
          "value": "Smooth"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "YIELD POTENTIAL",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION",
          "value": "Pending"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "LIMITED USE LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED",
          "value": "Yes"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "CROP SYSTEM",
          "value": "IR,DR"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PATENT PROTECTION",
          "value": "Pending"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "Yes"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "PRODUCTION",
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        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
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          "characteristic": "WINTER HARDINESS",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TILLERING POTENTIAL",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STANDABILITY",
          "value": "4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "QUALITY",
      "type": "quality",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "PROTEIN CONTENT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "MILLING/BAKING QUALITY",
          "value": "5"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "PEST AND DISEASE RESISTANCE",
      "type": "pest and disease resistance",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "BACTERIAL LEAF STREAK",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT (SCAB)",
          "value": "7"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HESSIAN FLY",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "LEAF RUST",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "POWDERY MILDEW",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOIL-BORNE MOSAIC",
          "value": "6"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "WHEAT STEM SAWFLY",
          "value": "7"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "WHEAT STREAK MOSAIC",
          "value": "6"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "YELLOW (STRIPE) RUST",
          "value": "5"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_scale_direction": "1-9 (9 = best)",
  "regional_recommendations": [],
  "image_url": "https://cs-assets.bayer.com/is/image/bayer/Westbred-wheat-field-seed-4440",
  "source_urls": [
    "https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/wheat/westbred/westbred-wb4440-wheat"
  ],
  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-05-12T14:43:53.605Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-05-25T17:07:19.207213+00:00",
  "scraper_version": "0.1.0"
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