KRS 247.6003: Definitions for KRS 247.6005 to 247.6035.

As used in KRS 247.6005 to 247.6035, unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

(3) "Corn" means all kinds and varieties of corn, including popcorn, exc ept sweet corn

and ornamental corns;

(4) "Bushel" means fifty-six (56) pounds of corn by weight or as otherwise defined by

the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA);

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

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

producing corn at the time a referendum was conducted in accordance with the

provisions of KRS 247.6001 to 247.6035;

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

or other business entity;

(8) "Marketing year" means from September 1 to August 31 of the following year;

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

Credit Corporation, association or partnership buying, accep ting for shipment, or

otherwise acquiring the property in or to corn 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 corn 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.