{
  "source": "bayer_seeds",
  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc45-74rib-silage",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC45-74RIB BRAND BLEND",
  "product_id": "SILAGE_DKC45-74RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC45-74RIB",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND BLEND",
  "crop": "silage",
  "release_year": 2023,
  "relative_maturity": null,
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [
    "SSRIB"
  ],
  "trait_descriptions": [
    "SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend"
  ],
  "positioning_statement": "DKC45-74RIB Brand Blend is a 95 RM product that can deliver great yield potential with broad adaptation and versatility across soil types and crop rotations. This product has a very attractive canopy with wide leaves, good staygreen, and consistent ear placement down the row.",
  "strengths": [
    "Broadly adapted product with utilization from east to west with great yield potential",
    "Very strong emergence package as an option for early planting",
    "Strong disease tolerance package including Northern Corn Leaf Blight, Anthracnose Stalk Rot, and Goss’s Wilt",
    "Solid agronomic package including good root and stalk strength and very good greensnap tolerance",
    "Medium-tall plant height with balanced, medium ear placement has shown good kernel depth, test weight, tip fill, and husk cover",
    "Semi-flex ear type that has shown good performance at medium populations",
    "Has shown very good stress tolerance"
  ],
  "characteristics_groups": [
    {
      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
          "value": "SSRIB"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "95"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1260"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2400"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SILAGE PROVEN",
          "value": "No"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01090003"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
      "type": "plant description",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "COB COLOR",
          "value": "Red"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL CAP COLOR",
          "value": "Yellow"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
          "value": "16"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "GROWTH",
      "type": "growth",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Med Tall"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Medium"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HARVEST",
      "type": "harvest",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "3"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "DISEASES",
      "type": "diseases",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
          "value": "4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HERBICIDE",
      "type": "herbicide",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE",
          "value": "A"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "SILAGE CHARACTERISTICS",
      "type": "silage characteristics",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "NDFD 24 HR",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NDFD 30 HR",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "% OF STARCH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "IVSD7HR",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SILAGE YIELD",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "MILK PER TON",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "MILK PER ACRE",
          "value": "3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_scale_direction": "1-9 (9 = best)",
  "regional_recommendations": [
    {
      "product_list_name": "Northeast Colorado and Western Nebraska",
      "agronomist": "Dustin Schmer",
      "agronomist_email": "dustin.schmer@bayer.com",
      "variant_id": "SILAGE_DKC45-74RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_J9A"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "Northeast Colorado and Western Nebraska",
      "agronomist": "Dustin Schmer",
      "agronomist_email": "dustin.schmer@bayer.com",
      "variant_id": "SILAGE_DKC45-74RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_J5G"
    }
  ],
  "image_url": "https://cs-assets.bayer.com/is/image/bayer/62503_31_MY23_DK_SEED_BAG_RENDERING_SMARTSTAX_RIBCOMPLETE_A",
  "source_urls": [
    "https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc45-74rib-silage"
  ],
  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-07-23T10:05:09.581Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-01T06:11:41.114470+00:00",
  "scraper_version": "0.1.0"
}