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justin eaa7e0789b bayer_seeds: add Channel + DEKALB silage/sorghum/canola + Deltapine cotton
User flagged that Channel is expanding into their area — re-walked
the cropscience.bayer.us sitemap and found 8 additional brand×crop
paths beyond the original DEKALB/Asgrow/WestBred triple. Patches
the scraper to walk all of them; total Bayer varieties roughly
doubles from 475 to 931 and the corpus picks up first-ever
coverage in sorghum (36), cotton (30), canola (6), and silage as a
distinct crop (was conflated with corn before).

Net new varieties: 456
  Channel    corn=181  soy=67   silage=54  sorghum=18    (320)
  DEKALB     silage=82 sorghum=18  canola=6              (106)
  Deltapine  cotton=30                                    (30)

scrape/sources/bayer_seeds.py
- Replace `BRANDS` (brand → 1 path) and `CROP_SUFFIX` (brand → 1
  suffix) with a flatter `BRAND_PATHS` list of (brand, url_path,
  crop, is_primary_for_brand) entries. Channel and DEKALB are now
  multi-crop brands; the same scraper walks every brand×crop pair.
- source_key derivation: for a brand's PRIMARY crop, strip the
  trailing `-<crop>` suffix (matches the existing deployed source
  keys for DEKALB corn / Asgrow soy / WestBred wheat). For
  SECONDARY crops, KEEP the suffix so DEKALB-the-same-SKU sold as
  both grain corn and silage gets two distinct source_keys
  (collision-safe and unambiguous for `lookup_variety`).
- New `--crop` CLI filter for incremental backfills.
- Log line shows brand + crop alongside source_key for visibility.

rag/chunk.py
- Channel + Deltapine pages use slightly different characteristics
  group labels (DISEASE not DISEASE RATINGS, AGRONOMIC
  CHARACTERISTICS not GROWTH/HARVEST, plus MATURITY / ADAPTATION /
  HERBICIDES / OTHER). Fold them into the DISEASE / AGRONOMIC /
  MANAGEMENT label sets so the chunker buckets them correctly
  into the standard sections.

Smoke-tested cross-brand × cross-crop queries against the rebuilt
index (5,529 chunks total) — all 6 sample queries surface the
right brand+crop at top-3:
  Channel corn 110 RM       → 210-25TRE BRAND
  Channel soy 2.5 MG IA     → 2622RXF BRAND
  Deltapine cotton XF       → DP 1820 B3XF BRAND
  Sorghum dryland Kansas    → 6B95 BRAND (Channel)
  Silage corn WI dairy      → DKC64-44RIB BRAND BLEND (silage variant)
  Canola Northern Plains    → DK401TL BRAND

Watchtower will pull the new image on the next push; deploy is
unchanged otherwise.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-26 11:54:30 -04:00

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# K3724C BRAND
- **Vendor:** Bayer
- **Brand:** Channel
- **Crop:** Soybeans
- **Maturity group:** 3.7
- **Traits:** CONV (Conventional)
- **Release year:** 2025
- **Source:** https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/soybeans/channel/channel-k3724c-soybeans
- **Rating scale (Bayer):** 1-9 (9 = best)
---
## Strengths & management
- Medium tall plant with average standability
- Good tolerance to Southern Stem Canker and Phytophthora Root Rot
## Agronomic Characteristics
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| EMERGENCE | 2 |
| FLOWER COLOR | W |
| GROWTH HABIT | Indeterminate |
| HILUM COLOR | Bl |
| PLANT HEIGHT | MT |
| POD COLOR | Br |
| PUBESCENCE COLOR | Lt Tw |
| PLANT TYPE | Medium Bushy |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 3.7 |
| STANDABILITY | 4 |
## Disease Tolerance
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| PRR GENE | Susc |
| PRR FIELD TOLERANCE | 3 |
| SOUTHERN ROOT KNOT:M. INCOGNITA | S |
| SOUTHERN STEM CANKER | 3 |
| SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE | R3 |
| SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROME | 5 |
## Sensitivity
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| CHLORIDE SENSITIVITY | Inc |
## Other
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| HERBICIDE TOLERANT TRAIT | CONV |
| MATURITY GROUP | 3 |
| TRAIT | CONV |