KRS 247.5063: Definitions.

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 bu siness 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 pr operty 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 o r 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.