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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

3.2 KiB

DKC50-63RIB BRAND BLEND


Positioning

DKC50-63RIB Brand Blend is 100 RM product that can work from the East to the West and across many yield environments. High yield potential combined with very good Goss's Wilt tolerance make this a broad acre product. Good stress tolerance and the ability to move north and south well add to the versatility of this product.

Strengths & management

  • Has shown very good Goss's Wilt tolerance
  • Opportunity to yield very well in its RM zone with nice Southern movement
  • Has shown stable yields across yield environments and does very well under stress
  • Can perform well dryland or irrigated
  • Very girthy ears that dry fast
  • Moderate response to population so plant at medium to medium-high populations
  • Very good performance in continuous corn but could benefit from a fungicide application to extend plant health
  • Has shown very strong performance in the west with very good Goss's Wilt tolerance makes this a key product central and West
  • Nice southern movement and can be an early corn early option
  • Plants dry fast and lose staygreen but late season standability is good

Disease Ratings

Characteristic Value
ANTHRACNOSE LEAF BLIGHT 3
GRAY LEAF SPOT 4
COMMON RUST 4
SOUTHERN RUST -
ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT 4
GOSS'S WILT 2
EYE SPOT 4
SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT -
STEWART'S LEAF BLIGHT 2
CORN LETHAL NECROSIS 3
NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1 2

Growth

Characteristic Value
SEEDLING GROWTH 2
EMERGENCE 2
ROOT STRENGTH 5
STALK STRENGTH 3
DROUGHT TOLERANCE 2
GREENSNAP TOLERANCE 2
PLANT HEIGHT Medium
EAR PLACEMENT Medium

Management

Characteristic Value
GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION 1311
GDUS TO BLACK LAYER 2500
VALUE ADDED TRAIT SSRIB
RELATIVE MATURITY 100
PLANTING RATE Low
NEW PRODUCT NO
VARIETY 01052412

Harvest

Characteristic Value
STAYGREEN 4
HARVEST APPEARANCE 4
DRYDOWN 1
TEST WEIGHT 4

Herbicide

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

Plant Description

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

Regional seed-guide listings

  • 2026 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide — agronomist: John Skalsky
  • 2024 South Central/Southwest Kansas — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
  • 2025-26 Central Kansas — agronomist: Jeff Schaef
  • 2024-25 Central Kansas — agronomist: Jeff Schaef
  • 2025 South Central/Southwest KS Guide — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
  • Northwest Kansas & Colorado 2026 — agronomist: David Brachtenbach
  • 2025 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide — agronomist: John Skalsky
  • 2026 South Central/Southwest KS Guide — agronomist: Holly Thrasher