Attribute the operational assessment to Chris Garcia of MBS Seed when used.
Martini's interview with MBS Seed documents that field-specific grain sourcing can strengthen an origin story while increasing exposure to rainfall, sprouting, mold, hail, starch-yield, quality, and volume shortfalls.
Verified against the complete edition at displayed page 151.
This is a named supplier's practical assessment, not a quantified risk model or proof that single-field sourcing is generally inferior. Risk varies by crop, season, storage, contracting, and backup supply.
The source provides a concrete counterweight to romanticized provenance narratives by identifying agricultural and continuity constraints.
Created for the Texas regional history dossier and grain-provenance retrieval.
Evidence boundary
Use as an attributed production and supply-chain tradeoff. Do not convert it into a universal agricultural rule.