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justin 75f714b454 Phase 4-5: deployable container + corpus snapshot + CI fixes
deploy/docker-compose.yml — replace <product>/<registry> placeholders
with concrete values for Drawbar's stack:
- image: git.jpaul.io/justin/seed-mcp:latest (CF tunnel for pulls; CI
  pushes via LAN 192.168.0.2:1234 to avoid 100 MB body cap)
- container_name: seed-mcp
- port 8001:8000 (8001 host-side to not collide with crop-chem-docs
  on 8000)
- PRODUCT_NAME=crop_seed, hybrid search enabled, stateless HTTP
- llama-rerank shared with crop-chem-docs (NOT redefined here —
  expected to already be in Drawbar's parent compose network)
- networks.drawbar-mcp external: true so seed-mcp joins the existing
  cross-MCP shared network

.gitignore — corpus/ is now COMMITTED, not ignored. The monthly
refresh workflow scrapes and commits corpus changes; the image-only
workflow rebuilds indexes from the committed corpus. Allowing the
corpus to flow through git means the :corpus-YYYY.MM.DD image tag
pins to a specific seed-catalog snapshot. chroma/ and bm25/ remain
ignored — those are deterministically derived from corpus.

Initial committed snapshot: 614 varieties.
- bayer_seeds: 475 (DEKALB 288 + Asgrow 102 + WestBred 85)
- golden_harvest: 139 (Syngenta corn + soy; 36 sitemap URLs
  302-redirected = discontinued)

rag/chunk.py — normalize brand and crop to uppercase/lowercase in
Chroma metadata so cross-vendor brand-filter lookups don't break on
casing inconsistency (Bayer stores "DEKALB", Golden Harvest stores
"Golden Harvest"; _build_where uppercases user-supplied brand which
matched the former but not the latter pre-fix). Sidecar JSON keeps
original casing for display.

Stub scrapers (nk, agripro, becks_pfr, becks_products) — change
return code from 2 to 0 so the monthly-refresh CI workflow doesn't
fail on deferred sources. Real implementations will return 0 on
success / 1 on failure when they ship.

Smoke-tested cross-vendor retrieval against the 614-chunk index:
- list_versions shows both vendors with correct facet counts
- broad "corn hybrid 100 RM" query returns both DEKALB and Golden
  Harvest hits in top 5
- brand='Golden Harvest' filter returns 3 GH-only varieties
- variety-code prefilter still works (E085Z5 → top hit on GH)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-25 13:40:05 -04:00

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DKC43-75RIB BRAND BLEND


Positioning

DKC43-75RIB Brand Blend is a DEKALB® Disease Shield® product with very good agronomic ratings and disease tolerance package that has displayed stable yield potential across environments. It has shown broad adaptability across growing conditions from East to West in the U.S.

Strengths & management

  • Has exhibited good greensnap tolerance
  • Strong foliar disease tolerance package allows use in most environments
  • Good Goss's Wilt tolerance rating
  • Widely adapted product within RM zone
  • Performance has been strong across a range of planting rates
  • Adapted to most crop rotations including corn following corn

Disease Ratings

Characteristic Value
GRAY LEAF SPOT 4
SOUTHERN RUST 5
ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT 3
GOSS'S WILT 4
NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 3

Growth

Characteristic Value
SEEDLING GROWTH 3
EMERGENCE 2
ROOT STRENGTH 2
STALK STRENGTH 2
DROUGHT TOLERANCE 3
GREENSNAP TOLERANCE 2
PLANT HEIGHT Medium
EAR PLACEMENT Medium

Management

Characteristic Value
GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION 1215
GDUS TO BLACK LAYER 2325
VALUE ADDED TRAIT VT2PRIB
RELATIVE MATURITY 93
PLANTING RATE Medium
NEW PRODUCT NO
DEKALB® DISEASE SHIELD® YES
VARIETY 01074544

Harvest

Characteristic Value
STAYGREEN 3
HARVEST APPEARANCE 2
DRYDOWN 1
TEST WEIGHT 3

Herbicide

Characteristic Value
GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY A
ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE A
SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY A

Plant Description

Characteristic Value
COB COLOR Red
KERNEL CAP COLOR Yellow
KERNEL ROW 18

Regional seed-guide listings

  • Wisconsin Seed Guide — agronomist: Mike Hopke
  • 2024 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Gary Hegg
  • 2026 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Abby Ficker
  • NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
  • Wisconsin 2025 — agronomist: Sammie Brantner
  • 2025 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Fuls
  • 2025 SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Luke Miller
  • 2026 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Fuls
  • 2025 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Gary Hegg
  • 2025 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Abby Ficker
  • 2026 Eastern ND / Northern MN — agronomist: Grant Mehring
  • 2026 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
  • 2025 Northeast Seed Guide — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
  • 2026 Northern North Dakota Seedguide — agronomist: Courtney Meduna
  • Wisconsin 2025 — agronomist: Reid Gill
  • 2024 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
  • 2026 Central & Western ND, MT/WY — agronomist: Cody Oswald
  • 2025 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
  • NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska — agronomist: Dustin Schmer