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  "vendor": "Bayer",
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  "product_id": "CORN_DKC59-82RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US",
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  "release_year": 2020,
  "relative_maturity": "109",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
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  ],
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    "VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend"
  ],
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    "Can provide a good foliar disease tolerance package",
    "Very good greensnap and Goss's Wilt tolerance ratings",
    "Push plant populations to maximize yield potential",
    "Adapted to both dryland and irrigated environments",
    "Has shown stability across soil types"
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          "value": "5"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN RUST",
          "value": "5"
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        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
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        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
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        },
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1",
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        }
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      "label": "GROWTH",
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          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP TOLERANCE",
          "value": "2"
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        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Medium"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
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        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1320"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2725"
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        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
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        },
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          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "109"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Med High"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01079571"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "label": "HARVEST",
      "type": "harvest",
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        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "3"
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        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
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        }
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      "label": "HERBICIDE",
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          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        }
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    },
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      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
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        {
          "characteristic": "COB COLOR",
          "value": "Red"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL CAP COLOR",
          "value": "Yellow"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
          "value": "18"
        }
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