KRS 247.6001: Purpose.

It is declared to be in the interest of the public welfare that Kentucky farmers who are

producers of corn shall be permitted and encouraged to act jointly and in cooperation with

all producers, handlers, dealers, and processors of corn in promoting and st imulating, by

utilization research, market maintenance and expansion, and education, the increased use

and sale, domestic and foreign, of corn and corn products; and for the prevention,

modification, or elimination of trade barriers which obstruct the free flow of corn and

corn products to market.