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User flagged that Channel is expanding into their area — re-walked the cropscience.bayer.us sitemap and found 8 additional brand×crop paths beyond the original DEKALB/Asgrow/WestBred triple. Patches the scraper to walk all of them; total Bayer varieties roughly doubles from 475 to 931 and the corpus picks up first-ever coverage in sorghum (36), cotton (30), canola (6), and silage as a distinct crop (was conflated with corn before). Net new varieties: 456 Channel corn=181 soy=67 silage=54 sorghum=18 (320) DEKALB silage=82 sorghum=18 canola=6 (106) Deltapine cotton=30 (30) scrape/sources/bayer_seeds.py - Replace `BRANDS` (brand → 1 path) and `CROP_SUFFIX` (brand → 1 suffix) with a flatter `BRAND_PATHS` list of (brand, url_path, crop, is_primary_for_brand) entries. Channel and DEKALB are now multi-crop brands; the same scraper walks every brand×crop pair. - source_key derivation: for a brand's PRIMARY crop, strip the trailing `-<crop>` suffix (matches the existing deployed source keys for DEKALB corn / Asgrow soy / WestBred wheat). For SECONDARY crops, KEEP the suffix so DEKALB-the-same-SKU sold as both grain corn and silage gets two distinct source_keys (collision-safe and unambiguous for `lookup_variety`). - New `--crop` CLI filter for incremental backfills. - Log line shows brand + crop alongside source_key for visibility. rag/chunk.py - Channel + Deltapine pages use slightly different characteristics group labels (DISEASE not DISEASE RATINGS, AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS not GROWTH/HARVEST, plus MATURITY / ADAPTATION / HERBICIDES / OTHER). Fold them into the DISEASE / AGRONOMIC / MANAGEMENT label sets so the chunker buckets them correctly into the standard sections. Smoke-tested cross-brand × cross-crop queries against the rebuilt index (5,529 chunks total) — all 6 sample queries surface the right brand+crop at top-3: Channel corn 110 RM → 210-25TRE BRAND Channel soy 2.5 MG IA → 2622RXF BRAND Deltapine cotton XF → DP 1820 B3XF BRAND Sorghum dryland Kansas → 6B95 BRAND (Channel) Silage corn WI dairy → DKC64-44RIB BRAND BLEND (silage variant) Canola Northern Plains → DK401TL BRAND Watchtower will pull the new image on the next push; deploy is unchanged otherwise. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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DKC62-22RIB BRAND BLEND
- Vendor: Bayer
- Brand: Dekalb
- Crop: Silage
- Traits: VT2PRIB (VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend)
- Release year: 2022
- Source: https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc62-22rib-silage
- Rating scale (Bayer): 1-9 (9 = best)
Positioning
DKC62-22RIB Brand Blend is a 112RM product that has shown low and mid range yield stability for consistency across tougher environments. Very good agronomic package coupled with heat and drought tolerance has allowed this product to be a strong option across the Midwest and the Southern corn growing regions for the tough acre.
Strengths & management
- Product has shown very good performance stability and stress tolerance for lower yielding environments
- Has shown a very good Anthracnose Stalk Rot tolerance for poorly drained soils
- Can provide very good grain quality and husk cover
- Product has demonstrated an excellent Goss's Wilt tolerance for the Western corn belt
- Solid agronomic package including excellent root strength and greensnap tolerance
- Very good drought tolerance has been demonstrated by this product
- Hybrid has shown good ear flex for lower population recommendations in tougher environments
Management
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | VT2PRIB |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 112 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1325 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2815 |
| PLANTING RATE | Med Low |
| SILAGE PROVEN | No |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01086709 |
Plant Description
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| COB COLOR | Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW | 18 |
Growth
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| EMERGENCE | 3 |
| SEEDLING GROWTH | 2 |
| ROOT STRENGTH | 2 |
| STALK STRENGTH | 3 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 2 |
| GREENSNAP | 2 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | Medium |
| EAR PLACEMENT | Medium |
Harvest
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 3 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 3 |
| DRYDOWN | 3 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 3 |
Diseases
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 4 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 5 |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 5 |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 4 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 2 |
Herbicide
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A |
| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A |
| ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE | A |
Silage Characteristics
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NDFD 24 HR | 5 |
| NDFD 30 HR | 5 |
| % OF STARCH | 3 |
| IVSD7HR | 4 |
| SILAGE YIELD | 5 |
| MILK PER TON | 4 |
| MILK PER ACRE | 4 |
Regional seed-guide listings
- 2023 MID-ATLANTIC — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay