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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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DKC53-94RIB BRAND BLEND

Vendor: Bayer
Brand: Dekalb
Crop: Silage
Traits: SSRIB (SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend)
Release year: 2023
Source: https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc53-94rib-silage
Rating scale (Bayer): 1-9 (9 = best)

Positioning

DKC53-94RIB Brand Blend is a broadly adapted silage product that has demonstrated excellent silage tonnage and very good silage quality potential. This 103 RM product is a medium-tall robust plant type with a very good overall defensive package.

Strengths & management

Broad east to west adapted silage product features excellent silage tonnage potential
Has shown excellent fiber digestibility and good starch content
Plant at typical densities for silage production; semi flex ear type has benefitted from medium-high planting rates
Can be a good fit for corn-on-corn, high residue environments with strong early season package
Excellent agronomics with very good root strength, solid stalk strength, and excellent greensnap tolerance
Strong disease tolerance package including very good Goss’s Wilt and Northern Corn Leaf Blight tolerance

Management

Characteristic	Value
VALUE ADDED TRAIT	SSRIB
RELATIVE MATURITY	103
GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION	1300
GDUS TO BLACK LAYER	2585
PLANTING RATE	Med High
SILAGE PROVEN	Yes
NEW PRODUCT	NO
VARIETY	01091237

Plant Description

Characteristic	Value
COB COLOR	Red
KERNEL CAP COLOR	Yellow
KERNEL ROW	16

Growth

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

Harvest

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

Diseases

Characteristic	Value
NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT	4
GRAY LEAF SPOT	5
COMMON RUST	3
ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT	4
GOSS'S WILT	4

Herbicide

Characteristic	Value
GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY	-
SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY	-
ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE	-

Silage Characteristics

Characteristic	Value
NDFD 24 HR	1
NDFD 30 HR	1
% OF STARCH	2
IVSD7HR	2
SILAGE YIELD	2
MILK PER TON	2
MILK PER ACRE	1

Regional seed-guide listings

2025 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Gary Hegg
2025 SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Luke Miller
2025 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Fuls
Wisconsin 2025 — agronomist: Sammie Brantner
2025 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide — agronomist: John Skalsky
2026 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Abby Ficker
Silage Plot Book 100-111 — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
2024 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Gary Hegg
NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
Southwest Silage Seed Guide — agronomist: Jason Mast
2026 Washington, Oregon, SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
2026 Northern North Dakota Seedguide — agronomist: Courtney Meduna
Duplicate 2023 Northeast Seed Resource G — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
2026 Eastern Ohio Dekalb Silage Guide — agronomist: Brad Miller
2025 Northern Ohio Dekalb Silage Guide — agronomist: Brad Miller
2025 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
2025 Washington, Oregon, SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
2026 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Fuls
NE Colorado, SE Wyoming and W. Nebraska — agronomist: Dustin Schmer
Northwest Kansas & Colorado 2026 — agronomist: David Brachtenbach
2025 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Abby Ficker
2024 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
2025 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
2026 Northern Indiana Seed Guide — agronomist: Jason Harmon
2026 Central & Western ND, MT/WY — agronomist: Cody Oswald
2026 South Dakota Product Guide — agronomist: Jeff Spieler
Wisconsin Seed Guide — agronomist: Mike Hopke
2024 Mid-Atlantic Silage — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
Wisconsin 2025 — agronomist: Reid Gill
2025 Northeast Seed Guide — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
Northeast Nutrien — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
2025 Northern Indiana Seed Guide — agronomist: Jason Harmon
2026 IDAHO, UTAH SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Dave Heimkes
2026 Southwest Nebraska Seed Guide — agronomist: John Skalsky

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