KRS 247.6901: Purpose.

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

producers of ovine or caprine animals shall be permitted and encouraged to act jointly and

in cooperation with all producers, handlers, dealers, and processors of ovin e or caprine

animals in promoting and stimulating, by utilization research, market maintenance and

expansion, and education, the increased use and sale, domestic and foreign, of ovine and

caprine animals; and for the prevention, modification, or eliminatio n of trade barriers

which obstruct the free flow of ovine or caprine animals to market.