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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

2.4 KiB

DKC65-84 BRAND


Positioning

DKC65-84 Brand is a widely adapted product across all corn growing regions from East to West in the 110 and 115 RM zones. Demonstrating excellent yield potential and consistency has proven this product to be an upgrade versus current DEKALB portfolio offerings.

Strengths & management

  • Hybrid has shown adaptability across soil types and productivity levels
  • Attractive plant type with a medium plant and ear height; excellent late season harvest appearance
  • Excellent root strength has been demonstrated by this product
  • Average emergence and seedling vigor
  • Good overall disease tolerance package
  • Can provide very good stalk strength; average greensnap tolerance
  • Girthy semi-fixed ear type with very good kernel depth; increasing performance with increased planting rates
  • Has shown moderate to high food grade potential

Disease Ratings

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

Growth

Characteristic Value
SEEDLING GROWTH 3
EMERGENCE 3
ROOT STRENGTH 1
STALK STRENGTH 3
DROUGHT TOLERANCE 3
GREENSNAP TOLERANCE 4
PLANT HEIGHT Medium
EAR PLACEMENT Medium

Management

Characteristic Value
GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION 1355
GDUS TO BLACK LAYER 2880
VALUE ADDED TRAIT SS
RELATIVE MATURITY 115
PLANTING RATE Med High
NEW PRODUCT NO
VARIETY 01091505

Harvest

Characteristic Value
STAYGREEN 3
HARVEST APPEARANCE 3
DRYDOWN 2
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

  • CAROLINAS/SE VIRGINIA — agronomist: Jim Kiser
  • South Carolina/ SE North Carolina — agronomist: Zachary Webb