KRS 246.010: Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) "Board" means the state Board of Agriculture;

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

(3) "Department" means the Department of Agriculture;

(4) "Structure" means a buildi ng erected as a shelter for human beings, animals or

agricultural products, equipment, or supplies;

(5) "Agriculture" means the business of raising or producing:

(a) Crops, the products of which are used for food, feed, fiber, energy, or

pharmaceuticals;

(b) Horticulture products;

(c) Tobacco;

(d) Aquaculture products;

(e) Livestock, poultry, and ratite birds and eggs;

(f) Milk and milk products;

(g) Eggs and egg products;

(h) Bees and bee products; and

(i) Timber;

(6) "Horticulture" means the business of raising fruits, nuts, vegetables, flowers,

ornamental plants, shrubs, trees, herbs, and the starts or transplants needed to

produce these items;

(7) "Aquaculture" means the science, art, and business of producing and ra ising aquatic

organisms under controlled or semicontrolled conditions;

(8) "Livestock" means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, llamas, buffaloes, or any

other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, or equine species, deer and elk,

whose regulat ory requirements are under KRS Chapters 150 and 246, that are

privately owned and raised in a confined area for breeding stock, food, fiber, and

other products; and

(9) "Poultry" means chickens, ducks, turkeys, or other domestic fowl being raised or

kept on any premises in the Commonwealth for profit.