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

{
  "source": "bayer_seeds",
  "source_key": "dekalb-dkc35-34rib",
  "vendor": "Bayer",
  "brand": "DEKALB",
  "product_name": "DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND",
  "product_id": "CORN_DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US",
  "hybrid_prefix": "DKC35-34RIB",
  "hybrid_suffix": "BRAND BLEND",
  "crop": "corn",
  "release_year": 2023,
  "relative_maturity": "85",
  "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": "DISEASE RATINGS",
      "type": "disease ratings",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GRAY LEAF SPOT",
          "value": "6"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ANTHRACNOSE STALK ROT",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GOSS'S WILT",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NORTHERN CORN LEAF BLIGHT - RACE 1",
          "value": "3"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "GROWTH",
      "type": "growth",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "SEEDLING GROWTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EMERGENCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ROOT STRENGTH",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "STALK STRENGTH",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DROUGHT TOLERANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GREENSNAP TOLERANCE",
          "value": "2"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANT HEIGHT",
          "value": "Medium"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "EAR PLACEMENT",
          "value": "Medium"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "MANAGEMENT",
      "type": "management",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO MID-POLLINATION",
          "value": "1115"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "GDUS TO BLACK LAYER",
          "value": "2145"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VALUE ADDED TRAIT",
          "value": "SSRIB"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "RELATIVE MATURITY",
          "value": "85"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "PLANTING RATE",
          "value": "Med High"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "NEW PRODUCT",
          "value": "NO"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DEKALB® DISEASE SHIELD®",
          "value": "YES"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "VARIETY",
          "value": "01089958"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HARVEST",
      "type": "harvest",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "STAYGREEN",
          "value": "4"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "HARVEST APPEARANCE",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "DRYDOWN",
          "value": "3"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "TEST WEIGHT",
          "value": "3"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "HERBICIDE",
      "type": "herbicide",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "GROWTH REGULATORS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "ISOXAZOLES SENSITIVITY - PREEMERGENCE",
          "value": "A"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "SULFONYLUREAS SENSITIVITY",
          "value": "A"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "label": "PLANT DESCRIPTION",
      "type": "plant description",
      "items": [
        {
          "characteristic": "COB COLOR",
          "value": "Red"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL CAP COLOR",
          "value": "Yellow"
        },
        {
          "characteristic": "KERNEL ROW",
          "value": "16"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "_scale_direction": "1-9 (9 = best)",
  "regional_recommendations": [
    {
      "product_list_name": "Northeast US",
      "agronomist": "Shaun Heinbaugh",
      "agronomist_email": "[email protected]",
      "variant_id": "CORN_DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_C6F"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "2027 Idaho and Utah Product Guide",
      "agronomist": "David Heimkes",
      "agronomist_email": "[email protected]",
      "variant_id": "CORN_DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_G6B"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "Northeast US",
      "agronomist": "Shaun Heinbaugh",
      "agronomist_email": "[email protected]",
      "variant_id": "CORN_DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_C6J"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "Northeast Colorado and Western Nebraska",
      "agronomist": "Dustin Schmer",
      "agronomist_email": "[email protected]",
      "variant_id": "CORN_DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_J9A"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "Northeast Colorado and Western Nebraska",
      "agronomist": "Dustin Schmer",
      "agronomist_email": "[email protected]",
      "variant_id": "CORN_DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_J5G"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "Northeast US",
      "agronomist": "Shaun Heinbaugh",
      "agronomist_email": "[email protected]",
      "variant_id": "CORN_DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_C6K"
    },
    {
      "product_list_name": "New York and New England",
      "agronomist": "Savanna Shelnutt",
      "agronomist_email": "[email protected]",
      "variant_id": "CORN_DKC35-34RIB BRAND BLEND_DEKALB_US_2027_C6L"
    }
  ],
  "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/corn/dekalb/dekalb-dkc35-34rib-corn"
  ],
  "sitemap_last_modified": "2026-07-23T10:01:30.513Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-01T06:11:08.933505+00:00",
  "scraper_version": "0.1.0"
}