A useful counterweight to romantic estate-grain narratives. It is practitioner testimony and should not be generalized without agricultural records.
A grain supplier's account of sourcing for Texas distillers.
Chris Garcia explains that tying a distiller to one field may strengthen the origin story but creates material risk: rainfall, sprouting, mold, hail, starch yield, and volume can make that field unsuitable or insufficient, so MBS selects among areas for quality and continuity.
Complete-copy PDF sheets 160–161; displayed ebook p. 151
Complete-copy PDF sheets 160–161; displayed ebook p. 151
MBS Seed
Fresh sequential audit2026-09-29: main text1–574 read, all-page visual survey completed. Evidence checked at Complete-copy PDF sheets 160–161; displayed ebook p. 151. Page numeric field now refers to the complete-copy PDF screen, superseding the184-screen selective capture. Verified means faithful to this2021 source, not independently confirmed current fact.
Evidence unit
Paraphrase: Chris Garcia explains that tying a distiller to one field may strengthen the origin story but creates material risk: rainfall, sprouting, mold, hail, starch yield, and volume can make that field unsuitable or insufficient, so MBS selects among areas for quality and continuity.
Context
A grain supplier's account of sourcing for Texas distillers.
Use and limits
A useful counterweight to romantic estate-grain narratives. It is practitioner testimony and should not be generalized without agricultural records.
Verification
Fresh sequential audit2026-09-29: main text1–574 read, all-page visual survey completed. Evidence checked at Complete-copy PDF sheets 160–161; displayed ebook p. 151. Page numeric field now refers to the complete-copy PDF screen, superseding the184-screen selective capture. Verified means faithful to this2021 source, not independently confirmed current fact.