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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>
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DKC67-42 BRAND
- Vendor: Bayer
- Brand: Dekalb
- Crop: Silage
- Traits: SS (SmartStax®)
- Release year: 2016
- Source: https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc67-42-silage
- Rating scale (Bayer): 1-9 (9 = best)
Positioning
DKC67-42 Brand is a 117 RM corn that can provide strong yield potential across environments. It's performance has been greatest in the southern corn producing regions.
Strengths & management
- Ability to perform well across most planting populations
- Has shown excellent test weight and good ear health
- Very strong drought tolerance
- Avoid geographies where Goss's Wilt tolerance may be a concern
- Very good ear flex allows planting at a wide range of populations
- Has shown strong emergence and early growth which make this product a strong fit for no-till acres
Management
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| VALUE ADDED TRAIT | SS |
| RELATIVE MATURITY | 117 |
| GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION | 1372 |
| GDUS TO BLACK LAYER | 2925 |
| PLANTING RATE | Med Low |
| SILAGE PROVEN | No |
| NEW PRODUCT | NO |
| VARIETY | 01063273 |
Plant Description
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| COB COLOR | Red |
| KERNEL CAP COLOR | Yellow |
| KERNEL ROW | 18 |
Growth
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| EMERGENCE | 3 |
| SEEDLING GROWTH | 2 |
| ROOT STRENGTH | 5 |
| STALK STRENGTH | 4 |
| DROUGHT TOLERANCE | 2 |
| GREENSNAP | 4 |
| PLANT HEIGHT | Med Tall |
| EAR PLACEMENT | Medium |
Harvest
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| STAYGREEN | 3 |
| HARVEST APPEARANCE | 2 |
| DRYDOWN | 3 |
| TEST WEIGHT | 1 |
Diseases
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
| SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT | 3 |
| GRAY LEAF SPOT | 5 |
| COMMON RUST | - |
| SOUTHERN RUST | 5 |
| EYE SPOT | - |
| ANTHRACNOSE LEAF BLIGHT | - |
| ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT | 6 |
| GOSS'S WILT | 5 |
Herbicide
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY | A |
| SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY | A |
| ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE | A |
Silage Characteristics
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| NDFD 24 HR | 3 |
| NDFD 30 HR | 3 |
| % OF STARCH | 3 |
| IVSD7HR | 2 |
| SILAGE YIELD | 2 |
| MILK PER TON | 3 |
| MILK PER ACRE | 2 |
Other
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| CORN LETHAL NECROSIS | - |
Regional seed-guide listings
- 2024 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Kagan Randolph