Sec. 10. Definitions.
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Sec. 10. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
"Bushel" means 60 pounds of wheat by weight.
"Department" means the Department of Agriculture.
"Director" means the Director of Agriculture.
"Eligible voter" means one who is defined both as a person and a producer in this program.
"First purchaser" means a person who resells wheat purchased from a producer or offers for sale any product produced from wheat for any purpose.
"Person" means a natural person, partnership, corporation, society, association, representative, or other fiduciary.
"Producer" means a person who is actively engaged in the production of wheat and who receives income from the production of wheat, unless otherwise defined in wheat marketing program.
"Wheat" means and includes all kinds and varieties of wheat grown in this State and marketed and sold as wheat by the producer.
"Wheat development" means to engage in research and educational programs directed toward improving production and utilization of wheat, providing methods and means for the maintenance of present markets, and developing new and larger domestic and foreign markets.
"Wheat development board" means the board established under this Act to administer a wheat development program.
"Wheat development program" means a program established under this Act which prescribes procedures for the development of markets for wheat and wheat products.