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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

2.7 KiB

DKC49-72RIB BRAND BLEND


Positioning

DKC49-72RIB Brand Blend is a 99 RM product that will get a quick start out of the ground and stand well late into the harvest season. It is an ideal choice for continuous corn due to its solid agronomic and disease package.

Strengths & management

  • Nice defense with competitive top-end yield potential
  • Has shown consistent performance across yield environments
  • Has shown very good stalks and roots
  • Very good emergence and seedling vigor
  • Nice stature for the Western Corn Belt
  • Plant across any acre but yield potential can be best in higher yield environments
  • Drought stress tolerance has shown to be average
  • Plant at higher populations to get best performance
  • Avoid areas with a history of high Goss's Wilt pressure
  • Plant in cold soils with confidence and leave in the field until last

Disease Ratings

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

Growth

Characteristic Value
SEEDLING GROWTH 1
EMERGENCE 1
ROOT STRENGTH 1
STALK STRENGTH 3
DROUGHT TOLERANCE 3
GREENSNAP TOLERANCE 2
PLANT HEIGHT Medium
EAR PLACEMENT Medium

Management

Characteristic Value
GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION 1266
GDUS TO BLACK LAYER 2475
VALUE ADDED TRAIT SSRIB
RELATIVE MATURITY 99
PLANTING RATE Med High
NEW PRODUCT NO
VARIETY 01052411

Harvest

Characteristic Value
STAYGREEN 3
HARVEST APPEARANCE 3
DRYDOWN 1
TEST WEIGHT 4

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 16

Regional seed-guide listings

  • 2025 Washington, Oregon, SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
  • 2025 Northeast Seed Guide — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
  • 2023 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide — agronomist: Jim McDermott
  • 2023 NORTHEAST IOWA Duplicate — agronomist: Lance Goettsch
  • 2025 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Dave Heimkes