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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

3.8 KiB

DKC68-48RIB BRAND BLEND


Positioning

DKC68-48RIB Brand Blend is an attractive robust hybrid widely adapted to the 115 and 120 relative maturity zones, East to West, offering strong yield performance potential against current DEKALB portfolio offerings.

Strengths & management

  • Hybrid has shown very good stress tolerance, performance stability and versatility across cropping rotations
  • Excellent root strength and very good stalk strength
  • Has demonstrated very good performance on both irrigated and dryland acres
  • Can provide a very good Goss's Wilt tolerance as well as good greensnap tolerance for the Western corn belt
  • Strong overall disease tolerance package with very good southern movement
  • Product has exhibited good husk coverage on a semi-flex girthy ear type with very good grain quality and test weight; moderate food grade potential
  • Prefers a medium population range
  • For aggressive high yield targets, hybrid has shown response to increase management including fertility (nitrogen)

Disease Ratings

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

Growth

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

Management

Characteristic Value
GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION 1380
GDUS TO BLACK LAYER 2950
VALUE ADDED TRAIT SSRIB
RELATIVE MATURITY 118
PLANTING RATE Medium
NEW PRODUCT NO
VARIETY 01086813

Harvest

Characteristic Value
STAYGREEN 3
HARVEST APPEARANCE 2
DRYDOWN 3
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

  • 2025 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
  • SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SMARTSTAX TRAIT FOCUS — agronomist: Josh Tooley
  • 2024 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
  • 2026 E Central, Central & Northern NE — agronomist: Josh Erwin
  • Chris 2026 handout — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
  • 2026 Seed Guide — agronomist: Nora Schultz
  • 2024 South Central/Southwest Kansas — agronomist: Holly Thrasher
  • 2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE — agronomist: Josh Erwin
  • 2024-25 Central Kansas — agronomist: Jeff Schaef
  • 2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide — agronomist: Paige Thomsen
  • Western Missouri — agronomist: Jody Foutch
  • 2025 SOUTHEAST & SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
  • 2024-2025 Dekalb Seed Guide — agronomist: Andrew Penney
  • Northwest Missouri 2025 — agronomist: Jody Foutch
  • West Central Illinois 2023 — agronomist: Chris Kallal
  • Southern Illinois Seed Guide — agronomist: Josh Tooley
  • Southwest Iowa 24 — agronomist: Andrew Penney
  • West Central Illinois 2023 — agronomist: Lance Tarochione
  • 2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE — agronomist: Jason Skalsky
  • 2025 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide — agronomist: Jim McDermott
  • Southwest Iowa 25 — agronomist: John Swalwell
  • handout2026 — agronomist: Steven Johnsen