This supplies the operational boundary for identity preservation: state origin alone is less specific than retained farm and variety identity.
Arnold distinguishes broad geographic assurance from farm- and variety-level provenance.
Arnold reports that a regional commodity elevator could guarantee Texas-grown grain but could not identify the Texas subregion, specific farm, or grain variety; he therefore sought recurring varieties from recurring farms through direct relationships.
PDF sheet 102; printed page 94
PDF sheet 102; printed page 94
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Freshly checked 2026-09-28 against supplied PDF 102 / printed 94 using enlarged rendered pages and sequential reading. Verification establishes faithful source representation, not independent validation of every author claim.
Evidence
Fresh audit: Freshly checked 2026-09-28 against supplied PDF 102 / printed 94 using enlarged rendered pages and sequential reading. Verification establishes faithful source representation, not independent validation of every author claim.
Arnold reports that a regional commodity elevator could guarantee Texas-grown grain but could not identify the Texas subregion, specific farm, or grain variety; he therefore sought recurring varieties from recurring farms through direct relationships.
Interpretation
This supplies the operational boundary for identity preservation: state origin alone is less specific than retained farm and variety identity.
Verification
Visually verified against the rendered source page on 2026-08-24. Locator: PDF sheet 102.