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seed-mcp/corpus/bayer_seeds/channel-190-50vt2prib-silage.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-190-50vt2prib-silage",
"vendor": "Bayer",
"brand": "CHANNEL",
"product_name": "190-50VT2PRIB BRAND BLEND",
"product_id": "SILAGE_190-50VT2PRIB BRAND BLEND_CHANNEL_US",
"hybrid_prefix": "190-50VT2PRIB",
"hybrid_suffix": "BRAND BLEND",
"crop": "silage",
"release_year": 2021,
"relative_maturity": null,
"maturity_group": null,
"wheat_class": null,
"trait_stack": [
"VT2PRIB"
],
"trait_descriptions": [
"VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend"
],
"positioning_statement": null,
"strengths": [
"Has shown excellent yield potential",
"Strong emergence and seedling vigor",
"Below average late season intactness and appearance but with strong stalks"
],
"characteristics_groups": [
{
"label": "PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS",
"type": "product characteristics",
"items": [
{
"characteristic": "% OF STARCH",
"value": "1"
},
{
"characteristic": "IVSD7HR",
"value": "2"
},
{
"characteristic": "MILK PER ACRE",
"value": "2"
},
{
"characteristic": "MILK PER TON",
"value": "2"
},
{
"characteristic": "NDFD 24 HR",
"value": "5"
},
{
"characteristic": "NDFD 30 HR",
"value": "2"
},
{
"characteristic": "SILAGE YIELD",
"value": "3"
},
{
"characteristic": "UNDF240",
"value": "1"
}
]
},
{
"label": "MATURITY",
"type": "maturity",
"items": [
{
"characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
"value": "2250"
},
{
"characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
"value": "1219"
},
{
"characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
"value": "90"
}
]
},
{
"label": "AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS",
"type": "agronomic characteristics",
"items": [
{
"characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
"value": "3"
},
{
"characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
"value": "2"
},
{
"characteristic": "EAR FLEX (GRAIN YIELD PER PLANT)",
"value": "F"
},
{
"characteristic": "EAR HEIGHT",
"value": "M"
},
{
"characteristic": "GREENSNAP",
"value": "3"
},
{
"characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
"value": "4"
},
{
"characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
"value": "M"
},
{
"characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
"value": "4"
},
{
"characteristic": "SEEDLING VIGOR",
"value": "4"
},
{
"characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
"value": "3"
},
{
"characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
"value": "4"
}
]
},
{
"label": "DISEASE",
"type": "disease",
"items": [
{
"characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
"value": "5"
},
{
"characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
"value": "5"
},
{
"characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT R1",
"value": "5"
}
]
},
{
"label": "ADAPTATION",
"type": "adaptation",
"items": [
{
"characteristic": "FOCUS AREA",
"value": "W,C,E"
}
]
},
{
"label": "HERBICIDES",
"type": "herbicides",
"items": [
{
"characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
"value": "A"
},
{
"characteristic": "PIGMENT INHIBITORS SENSITIVITY",
"value": "A"
},
{
"characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
"value": "A"
}
]
},
{
"label": "OTHER",
"type": "other",
"items": [
{
"characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
"value": "16-18"
},
{
"characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
"value": "3"
},
{
"characteristic": "TRAIT",
"value": "VT2PRIB"
},
{
"characteristic": "% NDF",
"value": "3"
},
{
"characteristic": "VARIETY",
"value": "undefined"
}
]
}
],
"_scale_direction": "1-9 (9 = best)",
"regional_recommendations": [],
"image_url": "https://cs-assets.bayer.com/is/image/bayer/channel-seed-bag-field-corn-rib-complete",
"source_urls": [
"https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/channel/channel-190-50vt2prib-silage"
],
"sitemap_last_modified": "2026-05-12T14:40:36.703Z",
"fetched_at": "2026-05-26T15:40:41.280712+00:00",
"scraper_version": "0.1.0"
}