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  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc098-86",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC098-86 BRAND",
  "product_id": "CORN_DKC098-86 BRAND_DEKALB_US",
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  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND",
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  "relative_maturity": "98",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
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  ],
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    "Very good emergence and seedling vigor offer flexible planting window",
    "Strong defensive agronomic package with excellent root strength, good stalk strength, and very good greensnap tolerance",
    "Very strong disease tolerance package including Northern Corn Leaf Blight, Goss’s Wilt, and Anthracnose Stalk Rot",
    "Medium short plant height and balanced ear placement"
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        {
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        }
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          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
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        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
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        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
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          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "undefined"
        }
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    },
    {
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        {
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        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
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        }
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    },
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          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE",
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          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "-"
        }
      ]
    },
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        },
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          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
          "value": "18"
        }
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    }
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  "image_url": "https://cs-assets.bayer.com/is/image/bayer/62503_31_MY23_DK_SEED_BAG_RENDERING_FIELDCORN_A",
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  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-05-12T14:42:00.787Z",
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