$22.$New West Fruit Corporation $($New West$)$ and Coastal Berry Corporation are both brokers of

fresh strawberries. In the second half of $2015,$ New West's predecessor, Monc's Consolidated

Produce, Inc., loaned money and strawberry plants to a group of strawberry growers known as

Cooperativa La Paz $($La Paz$).$ In September $2015,$ Monc's and La Paz signed a "Sales and

Marketing Agreement" to allow Monc's the exclusive right to market the strawberries grown by La

Paz during the $2015-2017$ season. The agreement did not mention the advances of money or plants,

hut did give Monc's a security interest in all crops and proceeds on specified property in the $2016-$

$2017$ season. The financing statement was properly signed and filed. Monc's closed down in

January $2017,$ and its assets were assigned to New West. In April, New West learned that La Paz

had agreed to market its $2017$ crop through Coastal Berry. New West immediately arranged a

meeting to advise the Coastal Berry officers of its contract with the growers. New West requested

that Coastal Berry either pay New West the amounts owed by the growers or allow New West to

market the berries to recover the money. Coastal Berry did not respond. After Coastal Berry began

marketing the berries, New West sent letters demanding payment of the proceeds. In August $2017,$

New West filed suit against Coastal Berry, La Paz, the individual growers, and a berry$-$freezing

company that its security interest was valid and that it had duly notified Coastal Berry both

through the financing statement on file and through the letters it had sent to Coastal Berry directly.

Coastal Berry claimed that the security agreement was not effective because it did not specifically

identify the debt $($money and plants$)$ being secured. Discuss.