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seed-mcp/corpus/bayer_seeds/channel-1224rxf-soybeans.json
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justin eaa7e0789b bayer_seeds: add Channel + DEKALB silage/sorghum/canola + Deltapine cotton
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>
2026-05-26 11:54:30 -04:00

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{
"source": "bayer_seeds",
"source_key": "channel-1224rxf-soybeans",
"vendor": "Bayer",
"brand": "CHANNEL",
"product_name": "1224RXF BRAND",
"product_id": "SOYBEANS_1224RXF BRAND_CHANNEL_US",
"hybrid_prefix": "1224RXF",
"hybrid_suffix": "BRAND",
"crop": "soybeans",
"release_year": 2024,
"relative_maturity": null,
"maturity_group": "1.2",
"wheat_class": null,
"trait_stack": [
"XF"
],
"trait_descriptions": [
"XtendFlex"
],
"positioning_statement": "1.2 MG XtendFlex® soybean that pairs performance potential with good disease tolerance",
"strengths": [
"Excellent Sclerotinia White Mold and Iron Deficiency Chlorosis tolerance",
"Excellent standability with a Medium-tall plant height",
"Medium-bushy plant type for good canopy closure"
],
"characteristics_groups": [
{
"label": "ADAPTATION",
"type": "adaptation",
"items": [
{
"characteristic": "NARROW ROW",
"value": "1"
}
]
},
{
"label": "AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS",
"type": "agronomic characteristics",
"items": [
{
"characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
"value": "2"
},
{
"characteristic": "FLOWER COLOR",
"value": "P"
},
{
"characteristic": "GROWTH HABIT",
"value": "Indeterminate"
},
{
"characteristic": "HILUM COLOR",
"value": "Ib"
},
{
"characteristic": "NO-TILL ADAPTABILITY",
"value": "1"
},
{
"characteristic": "OIL CONTENT @ 13% MOISTURE",
"value": "21.79"
},
{
"characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
"value": "MT"
},
{
"characteristic": "POD COLOR",
"value": "Br"
},
{
"characteristic": "PROTEIN CONTENT @ 13% MOISTURE",
"value": "39.51"
},
{
"characteristic": "PUBESCENCE COLOR",
"value": "Gr"
},
{
"characteristic": "PLANT TYPE",
"value": "Medium Bushy"
},
{
"characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
"value": "1.2"
},
{
"characteristic": "STANDABILITY",
"value": "3"
}
]
},
{
"label": "DISEASE TOLERANCE",
"type": "disease tolerance",
"items": [
{
"characteristic": "BROWN STEM ROT",
"value": "3"
},
{
"characteristic": "IRON DEFICIENCY CHLOROSIS",
"value": "3"
},
{
"characteristic": "PRR GENE",
"value": "Rps1c"
},
{
"characteristic": "PRR FIELD TOLERANCE",
"value": "4"
},
{
"characteristic": "SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE",
"value": "MR3"
},
{
"characteristic": "SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME",
"value": "4"
},
{
"characteristic": "WHITE MOLD",
"value": "3"
}
]
},
{
"label": "OTHER",
"type": "other",
"items": [
{
"characteristic": "HERBICIDE TOLERANT TRAIT",
"value": "XF"
},
{
"characteristic": "MATURITY GROUP",
"value": "1"
},
{
"characteristic": "TRAIT",
"value": "XF"
},
{
"characteristic": "VARIETY CODE",
"value": "1106159"
}
]
}
],
"_scale_direction": "1-9 (9 = best)",
"regional_recommendations": [
{
"product_list_name": "Central South Dakota Soybean Varieties",
"agronomist": "Jeremy Johnson",
"agronomist_email": "jeremy.johnson@bayer.com",
"variant_id": "SOYBEANS_1224RXF BRAND_CHANNEL_US_2025_L7J_1"
},
{
"product_list_name": "Central South Dakota Soybean Varieties",
"agronomist": "Jeremy Johnson",
"agronomist_email": "jeremy.johnson@bayer.com",
"variant_id": "SOYBEANS_1224RXF BRAND_CHANNEL_US_2025_N1V_1"
},
{
"product_list_name": "2024 SC MN",
"agronomist": "Tony Weis",
"agronomist_email": "tony.weis@bayer.com",
"variant_id": "SOYBEANS_1224RXF BRAND_CHANNEL_US_2025_NRH_1"
},
{
"product_list_name": "2024 SC MN",
"agronomist": "Tony Weis",
"agronomist_email": "tony.weis@bayer.com",
"variant_id": "SOYBEANS_1224RXF BRAND_CHANNEL_US_2025_N1M_1"
},
{
"product_list_name": "2024 SC MN",
"agronomist": "Tony Weis",
"agronomist_email": "tony.weis@bayer.com",
"variant_id": "SOYBEANS_1224RXF BRAND_CHANNEL_US_2025_NRG_1"
},
{
"product_list_name": "Central South Dakota Soybean Varieties",
"agronomist": "Jeremy Johnson",
"agronomist_email": "jeremy.johnson@bayer.com",
"variant_id": "SOYBEANS_1224RXF BRAND_CHANNEL_US_2025_N9L_1"
}
],
"image_url": "https://cs-assets.bayer.com/is/image/bayer/channel-seed-bag-soy-xtendflex-2",
"source_urls": [
"https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/soybeans/channel/channel-1224rxf-soybeans"
],
"sitemap_last_modified": "2026-05-12T14:42:51.315Z",
"fetched_at": "2026-05-26T15:40:07.464730+00:00",
"scraper_version": "0.1.0"
}