247.5063 Definitions.

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As used in KRS 247.5061 to 247.5095, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture;

(2)"Board" means the State Board of Agriculture;

(3)"Small grains" means all kinds and varieties of cereal grains.

(4)"Bushel" means the weight for each type of cereal grain defined by the United

States Department of Agriculture (USDA);

(5)"Producer" means every person who produces and markets small grains;

(6)"New producer" means a producer who was not engaged in the business of

producing small grains at the time a referendum was conducted in accordance with

the provisions of KRS 247.5061 to 247.5095;

(7)"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative,

or other business entity;

(8)"Marketing year" means from June 1 to May 31 of the following year;

(9)"Purchaser" means any person, public or private corporation, federal Commodity

Credit Corporation, association, or partnership buying, accepting for shipment, or

otherwise acquiring the property in or to small grains from a producer, and shall

include a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person, public or private, having a

claim against the producer, when the actual or constructive possession of the small

grains is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of a mortgage, pledge, lien, or

claim; and

(10)"Marketed" means any quantities that are sold, bartered, or for which other items of

value are exchanged.