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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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DKC64-44RIB BRAND BLEND

Vendor: Bayer
Brand: Dekalb
Crop: Silage
Traits: SSRIB (SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend)
Release year: 2021
Source: https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc64-44rib-silage
Rating scale (Bayer): 1-9 (9 = best)

Positioning

DKC64-44RIB Brand Blend is a 114 RM product targeted specifically for the silage market that has shown very good performance in silage yield potential and quality compared to current DEKALB® offerings. Broadly adapted for use in most silage markets.

Strengths & management

Has shown good emergence and seedling vigor
Hybrid can provide very good silage milk yield
Product has shown very good grain yields if entire field is not going to be chopped for silage
Can provide good stalk and root strength
Semi-flex ear type, has shown good response to increased planting populations
Very good starch and NDFd scores for silage quality
Has demonstrated a longer grain fill period and good staygreen that may enable an extended silage cutting window

Management

Characteristic	Value
VALUE ADDED TRAIT	SSRIB
RELATIVE MATURITY	114
GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION	1350
GDUS TO BLACK LAYER	2840
PLANTING RATE	Medium
SILAGE PROVEN	Yes
NEW PRODUCT	NO
VARIETY	01081264

Plant Description

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

Growth

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

Harvest

Characteristic	Value
STAYGREEN	2
HARVEST APPEARANCE	3
DRYDOWN	4
TEST WEIGHT	4

Diseases

Characteristic	Value
NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT	4
SOUTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT	3
GRAY LEAF SPOT	4
SOUTHERN RUST	6
ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT	4
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	2
NDFD 30 HR	2
% OF STARCH	2
IVSD7HR	2
SILAGE YIELD	2
MILK PER TON	2
MILK PER ACRE	1

Regional seed-guide listings

2024 WTX, OK, and NM SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Kagan Randolph
Wisconsin 2025 — agronomist: Reid Gill
Duplicate 2023 Northeast Seed Resource G — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh
2025 SOUTHEAST & SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA — agronomist: Steven Johnsen
2026 Northern Indiana Seed Guide — agronomist: Jason Harmon
2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE — agronomist: Josh Erwin
2025 KS and MO — agronomist: Molly Drimmel
MidAtlantic — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
2025 SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Luke Miller
2023 Northwest Iowa Seed Guide — agronomist: Jim McDermott
2025 Northern Indiana Seed Guide — agronomist: Jason Harmon
2025 CA Silage Seed Guide — agronomist: Barb Kutzner
2026 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Abby Ficker
2024 Northern IL Local Recommendations — agronomist: Jim Donnelly
2025 MINNESOTA DEKALB-ASGROW SEED GUIDE — agronomist: Abby Ficker
2026 E Central, Central & Northern NE — agronomist: Josh Erwin
Western Missouri — agronomist: Jody Foutch
2025 E Central, Central & Northern NE — agronomist: Jason Skalsky
2026 KS and MO — agronomist: Molly Drimmel
Northwest Missouri Silage — agronomist: Jody Foutch
Wisconsin 2025 — agronomist: Sammie Brantner
2024 Mid-Atlantic Silage — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
Mid Atlantic — agronomist: Bryan Dillehay
2025 Northeast Seed Guide — agronomist: Shaun Heinbaugh

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