seed-mcp/corpus/bayer_seeds/dekalb-dkc35-34rib-silage.json

{
  "source": "bayer_seeds",
  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc35-34rib-silage",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND",
  "product_id": "SILAGE_DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC35-34RIB",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND BLEND",
  "crop": "silage",
  "release_year": 2023,
  "relative_maturity": null,
  "maturity_group": null,
  "wheat_class": null,
  "trait_stack": [
    "SSRIB"
  ],
  "trait_descriptions": [
    "SmartStax® RIB Complete® corn blend"
  ],
  "positioning_statement": "DKC35-34RIB Brand Blend is the earliest SmartStax® Technology product offered in the DEKALB® portfolio and has shown excellent yield potential and strong agronomics in the 85RM zone. ",
  "strengths": [
    "Excellent yield potential in the 85RM zone",
    "Medium plant stature with excellent greensnap tolerance and Goss’s Wilt tolerance, enabling placement in western regions",
    "Very strong Northern Corn Leaf Blight and Anthracnose Stalk Rot disease tolerance package",
    "Very strong agronomic package with very good emergence and early growth and solid root and stalk strength",
    "Plant at medium-high populations to help maximize yield potential",
    "Product has shown early flowering and displayed open husks for good drydown",
    "Average staygreen with a good appearance at harvest",
    "Product has shown good stress tolerance"
  ],
  "characteristics_groups": [
    {
      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
          "value": "SSRIB"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "85"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1115"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2145"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Med High"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SILAGE PROVEN",
          "value": "No"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DEKALB® DISEASE SHIELD®",
          "value": "YES"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01089958"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
      "type": "plant description",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "COB COLOR",
          "value": "Red"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL CAP COLOR",
          "value": "Yellow"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
          "value": "16"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "GROWTH",
      "type": "growth",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Medium"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HARVEST",
      "type": "harvest",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "3"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "DISEASES",
      "type": "diseases",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GRAY LEAF SPOT",
          "value": "6"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
          "value": "3"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HERBICIDE",
      "type": "herbicide",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PRE-EMERGENCE",
          "value": "A"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "SILAGE CHARACTERISTICS",
      "type": "silage characteristics",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "NDFD 24 HR",
          "value": "5"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NDFD 30 HR",
          "value": "5"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "% OF STARCH",
          "value": "5"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "IVSD7HR",
          "value": "6"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SILAGE YIELD",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "MILK PER TON",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "MILK PER ACRE",
          "value": "4"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "OTHER",
      "type": "other",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "MARKETING CLASSIFICATION",
          "value": "Disease Shield"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_scale_direction": "1-9 (9 = best)",
  "regional_recommendations": [
    {
      "product_list_name": "New York and New England",
      "agronomist": "Savanna Shelnutt",
      "agronomist_email": "[email protected]",
      "variant_id": "SILAGE_DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_C6L"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "Northeast US",
      "agronomist": "Shaun Heinbaugh",
      "agronomist_email": "[email protected]",
      "variant_id": "SILAGE_DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_C6K"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "Northeast US",
      "agronomist": "Shaun Heinbaugh",
      "agronomist_email": "[email protected]",
      "variant_id": "SILAGE_DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_C6F"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "Northeast US",
      "agronomist": "Shaun Heinbaugh",
      "agronomist_email": "[email protected]",
      "variant_id": "SILAGE_DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_C6J"
    }
  ],
  "image_url": "https://cs-assets.bayer.com/is/image/bayer/62503_31_MY23_DK_SEED_BAG_RENDERING_SMARTSTAX_RIBCOMPLETE_A",
  "source_urls": [
    "https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/silage/dekalb/dekalb-dkc35-34rib-silage"
  ],
  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-07-23T10:05:08.908Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-01T06:11:09.889683+00:00",
  "scraper_version": "0.1.0"
}