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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

3.1 KiB

DKC42-65RIB BRAND BLEND


Positioning

DKC42-65RIB Brand Blend is an eye catching 92 RM product with exceptional next generation yield potential. It has shown versatility and utilization across yield environments and management practices. Broad adaptation across the cornbelt in the 90RM with excellent south of zone movement into 95 and 100RMs.

Strengths & management

  • Widely adapted product with very good East to West and North to South movement
  • Excellent plant growth characteristics including strong stalk and root strength
  • Hybrid has demonstrated excellent greensnap tolerance for good movement into greensnap prone areas in the Western cornbelt
  • Semi-flex ear type showing very good performance under all planting rates; does not require high populations to yield
  • Product has showcased excellent staygreen and late season harvest appearance
  • Hybrid has expressed a good overall disease tolerance package
  • Good Goss's Wilt tolerance
  • Potential for dual purpose silage usage

Disease Ratings

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

Growth

Characteristic Value
SEEDLING GROWTH 2
EMERGENCE 3
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 1190
GDUS TO BLACK LAYER 2315
VALUE ADDED TRAIT VT2PRIB
RELATIVE MATURITY 92
PLANTING RATE Medium
NEW PRODUCT NO
VARIETY 01085874

Harvest

Characteristic Value
STAYGREEN 2
HARVEST APPEARANCE 1
DRYDOWN 3
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

  • 2026 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
  • 2025 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Gary Hegg
  • 2025 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Fuls
  • 2025 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Abby Ficker
  • 2025 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
  • 2026 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Abby Ficker
  • 2024 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
  • 2026 Eastern ND / Northern MN — agronomist: Grant Mehring
  • 2025 Central & Western ND, MT/WY — agronomist: Courtney Meduna
  • 2026 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Fuls
  • 2024 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Gary Hegg