seed-mcp/corpus/bayer_seeds/dekalb-dkc116-62rib-silage.json

{
  "source": "bayer_seeds",
  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc116-62rib-silage",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC116-62RIB BRAND BLEND",
  "product_id": "SILAGE_DKC116-62RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC116-62RIB",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND BLEND",
  "crop": "silage",
  "release_year": 2025,
  "relative_maturity": null,
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [
    "SSPRIB"
  ],
  "trait_descriptions": [
    "SmartStax® PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend"
  ],
  "positioning_statement": "DKC116-62RIB Brand Blend is a 116 RM SmartStax®PRO with RNAi Technology product that offers strong yield potential and versatile placement across soil types and yield environments. This product is attractive, featuring a robust canopy, solid harvest appearance, and a strong disease tolerance package. ",
  "strengths": [
    "Strong agronomics including stalk strength and root strength",
    "Attractive, robust plant type with wide leaves, good staygreen, and balanced stature",
    "Very good greensnap tolerance, excellent Goss’s Wilt tolerance, and average pH tolerance for western placement",
    "Very good test weight with acceptable husk coverage for southern areas"
  ],
  "characteristics_groups": [
    {
      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
          "value": "SSPRIB"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "116"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1380"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2915"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SILAGE PROVEN",
          "value": "No"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01104490"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Med Tall"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Medium"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HARVEST",
      "type": "harvest",
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        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "2"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "DISEASES",
      "type": "diseases",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "5"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GRAY LEAF SPOT",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SOUTHERN RUST",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
          "value": "3"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "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 30 HR",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "% OF STARCH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SILAGE YIELD",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "MILK PER TON",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "MILK PER ACRE",
          "value": "3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_scale_direction": "1-9 (9 = best)",
  "regional_recommendations": [
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      "product_list_name": "Northwest Iowa",
      "agronomist": "Jim McDermott",
      "agronomist_email": "jim.mcdermott@bayer.com",
      "variant_id": "SILAGE_DKC116-62RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_J4N"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "Northwest Iowa",
      "agronomist": "Jim McDermott",
      "agronomist_email": "jim.mcdermott@bayer.com",
      "variant_id": "SILAGE_DKC116-62RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_J4H"
    },
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      "variant_id": "SILAGE_DKC116-62RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_J4P"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "Northwest Iowa",
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    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "Northwest Iowa",
      "agronomist": "Jim McDermott",
      "agronomist_email": "jim.mcdermott@bayer.com",
      "variant_id": "SILAGE_DKC116-62RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_J4F"
    }
  ],
  "image_url": "https://cs-assets.bayer.com/is/image/bayer/62503_31_MY23_DK_SEED_BAG_RENDERING_SMARTSTAXPRO_RNAI_A",
  "source_urls": [
    "https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc116-62rib-silage"
  ],
  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-06-30T16:17:12.175Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-01T06:11:46.100108+00:00",
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