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  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc105-25rib-silage",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
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  "product_name": "DKC105-25RIB BRAND BLEND",
  "product_id": "SILAGE_DKC105-25RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC105-25RIB",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND BLEND",
  "crop": "silage",
  "release_year": 2025,
  "relative_maturity": null,
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
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    "SSPRIB"
  ],
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    "SmartStax® PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend"
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    "Broad acre product with excellent silage yield potential paired with high milk quality",
    "Has shown impressive digestibility via high NDFD 30 hr scores and low amounts of total undigestible material",
    "Medium-tall, robust plant type with strong staygreen that may provide an extended harvest window",
    "Has shown a strong foliar disease tolerance package and above average high pH soil tolerance"
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      "type": "management",
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        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
          "value": "SSPRIB"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "105"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1312"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2600"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SILAGE PROVEN",
          "value": "Yes"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
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          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "undefined"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
      "type": "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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      "label": "GROWTH",
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          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
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        {
          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Med Tall"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Medium"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "label": "HARVEST",
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          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "5"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "label": "DISEASES",
      "type": "diseases",
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        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
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          "characteristic": "GRAY LEAF SPOT",
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        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
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          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
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          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        },
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          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
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        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE",
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          "characteristic": "NDFD 30 HR",
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          "characteristic": "% OF STARCH",
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          "characteristic": "IVSD7HR",
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          "characteristic": "SILAGE YIELD",
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        {
          "characteristic": "MILK PER TON",
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        {
          "characteristic": "MILK PER ACRE",
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