If the rice plants are flattened due to a typhoon just before harvesting, the farmer doesn't sell rice to the brewery because of their pride as an expert in rice production, even if the degree of damage is such that a harvest could be expected by making the plants stand.
収穫直前の台風などで稲が倒れた場合は、稲を起こせば何とか収穫できる程度の損害であっても、篤農家は酒米作りの名人としてプライドがあるため米を蔵に売らない。