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  "source": "bayer_seeds",
  "source_key": "westbred-wb9929",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "WESTBRED",
  "product_name": "WB9929 BRAND",
  "product_id": "WHEAT_WB9929 BRAND_WESTBRED_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "WB9929",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND",
  "crop": "wheat",
  "release_year": 2021,
  "relative_maturity": "Late",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [],
  "trait_descriptions": [],
  "positioning_statement": "WB9929 is a Hard Red Spring Wheat variety with excellent protein content as well as excellent standability and yield potential. WB9929 is a key companion product to WB9516 and WB9719 with low pH aluminum tolerance and excellent tolerance to Hessian Fly.",
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    "Excellent Yield Potential",
    "Excellent Hessian Fly Tolerance",
    "Very Good Yellow (Stripe) Rust Tolerance",
    "Late Maturity for Harvest Flexibility",
    "Single-Use License Variety"
  ],
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          "characteristic": "FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT (SCAB)",
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          "characteristic": "STANDABILITY",
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        }
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          "value": "-"
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          "characteristic": "MATURITY GROUP",
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        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
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        },
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          "characteristic": "HEAD TYPE",
          "value": "Awned"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "YIELD POTENTIAL",
          "value": "1"
        },
        {
          "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": "PROTEIN CONTENT",
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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": "BACTERIAL LEAF STREAK",
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          "characteristic": "FUSARIUM HEAD BLIGHT (SCAB)",
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          "characteristic": "HESSIAN FLY",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "WHEAT STEM SAWFLY",
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        {
          "characteristic": "WHEAT STREAK MOSAIC",
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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-wb9929",
  "source_urls": [
    "https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/wheat/westbred/westbred-wb9929-wheat"
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  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-05-12T14:44:01.023Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-06-01T06:18:05.870730+00:00",
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