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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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DKC69-16RIB BRAND BLEND

Vendor: Bayer
Brand: Dekalb
Crop: Silage
Traits: SSRIB (SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend)
Release year: 2018
Source: https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc69-16rib-silage
Rating scale (Bayer): 1-9 (9 = best)

Positioning

DKC69-16RIB Brand Blend is a product that can be used in irrigated or dryland environments throughout the Southern U.S. and into the Southern High Plains. It can provide an attractive wide leaved plant type with good husk coverage.

Strengths & management

Has shown above average drought tolerance
Very good Goss's Wilt tolerance
Descent ear flex improves performance potential at lower populations
May benefit from a fungicide in areas of high Southern Rust pressure
May respond well to sidress applications of nitrogen
Potential to be used as a dual purpose product for silage

Management

Characteristic	Value
VALUE ADDED TRAIT	SSRIB
RELATIVE MATURITY	119
GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION	1380
GDUS TO BLACK LAYER	2970
PLANTING RATE	Med Low
SILAGE PROVEN	No
NEW PRODUCT	NO
VARIETY	01075562

Plant Description

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

Growth

Characteristic	Value
EMERGENCE	2
SEEDLING GROWTH	2
ROOT STRENGTH	3
STALK STRENGTH	2
DROUGHT TOLERANCE	2
GREENSNAP	4
PLANT HEIGHT	Med Tall
EAR PLACEMENT	Medium

Harvest

Characteristic	Value
STAYGREEN	2
HARVEST APPEARANCE	3
DRYDOWN	3
TEST WEIGHT	2

Diseases

Characteristic	Value
NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT	3
SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT	3
GRAY LEAF SPOT	5
SOUTHERN RUST	6
ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT	5
GOSS'S WILT	4

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	3
MILK PER TON	2
MILK PER ACRE	3

Regional seed-guide listings

2024 Mid-Atlantic Silage — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
2025 CA Silage Seed Guide — agronomist: Barb Kutzner
2026 Kentucky Seed Guide — agronomist: Todd Ladd

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