seed-mcp/corpus/bayer_seeds/dekalb-dkc28-25rib.json

{
  "source": "bayer_seeds",
  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc28-25rib",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC28-25RIB BRAND BLEND",
  "product_id": "CORN_DKC28-25RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC28-25RIB",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND BLEND",
  "crop": "corn",
  "release_year": 2023,
  "relative_maturity": "78",
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [
    "VT2PRIB"
  ],
  "trait_descriptions": [
    "VT Double PRO® RIB Complete® corn blend"
  ],
  "positioning_statement": "DKC28-25RIB Brand Blend is a 78 RM product with excellent stability and a great addition to the early side of the 80 RM zone. This medium statured product has shown excellent performance across environments. ",
  "strengths": [
    "Very good agronomic package with solid root and stalk strength",
    "Has shown good heat and drought tolerance",
    "Product has shown very good harvest appearance and intactness with quick dry down and good test weight",
    "Strong disease tolerance package for the RM with Northern Corn Leaf Blight, Anthracnose Stalk Rot, and Goss’s Wilt tolerance"
  ],
  "characteristics_groups": [
    {
      "label": "DISEASE RATINGS",
      "type": "disease ratings",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GRAY LEAF SPOT",
          "value": "6"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
          "value": "5"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1",
          "value": "4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "GROWTH",
      "type": "growth",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP TOLERANCE",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Medium"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1055"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "1965"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
          "value": "VT2PRIB"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "78"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01090789"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HARVEST",
      "type": "harvest",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "3"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HERBICIDE",
      "type": "herbicide",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
      "type": "plant description",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "COB COLOR",
          "value": "Red"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL CAP COLOR",
          "value": "Yellow"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
          "value": "16"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_scale_direction": "1-9 (9 = best)",
  "regional_recommendations": [
    {
      "product_list_name": "North Dakota & Northern MN",
      "agronomist": "Cody Oswald",
      "agronomist_email": "cody.oswald@bayer.com",
      "variant_id": "CORN_DKC28-25RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_JCJ"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "North Dakota & Northern MN",
      "agronomist": "Cody Oswald",
      "agronomist_email": "cody.oswald@bayer.com",
      "variant_id": "CORN_DKC28-25RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_ZBO"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "North Dakota & Northern MN",
      "agronomist": "Cody Oswald",
      "agronomist_email": "cody.oswald@bayer.com",
      "variant_id": "CORN_DKC28-25RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_ZBN"
    }
  ],
  "image_url": "https://cs-assets.bayer.com/is/image/bayer/62503_31_MY23_DK_SEED_BAG_RENDERING_VTDOUBLEPRO_RIBCOMPLETE_A",
  "source_urls": [
    "https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc28-25rib-corn"
  ],
  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-06-30T16:22:11.780Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-01T06:12:09.205443+00:00",
  "scraper_version": "0.1.0"
}